Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
| ACE (104kt²) (Source) — Storm: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19.96 | Douglas | 6 | 2.400 | Elida |
| 2 | 9.648 | Fausto | 7 | 2.063 | Genevieve |
| 3 | 9.393 | Alma | 8 | 1.473 | Cristina |
| 4 | 3.963 | Hernan | 9 | 0.645 | Unnamed |
| 5 | 2.913 | Boris | |||
| Total: 52.46 | |||||
Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) is a measure of how active a season is. It is found by taking a tropical storm or hurricane's windspeed in knots every six hours, squaring it, adding up the results, and dividing the total by 104. The ACE of this season makes it a below-normal season. It is one of the lowest totals ever recorded, indeed only the 2007, 1977 and 2010 seasons had lower totals.
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