Tropical storms form when warm ocean water, moist air, and calm winds come together like engine building blocks. When those favorable ingredients align over the proper area, Easterly waves coming off of Africa can then strengthen into powerful hurricanes.

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the peak day of the season falling on September 10. This year, though, the tropics are completely quiet, and if that feels unusual, that's because it is.

This is the first time since 2016 that the tropics are this quiet, and if no named storms form before September 16th, it will mark only the 2nd time since 1950 that has happened for the dates of Aug 29 to Sept 16, the known peak of the season.

The only other time was in 1992, which is important to consider, because it was a destru

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