The Atlantic hurricane season has been off to a quiet start but meteorologists warn it’s still too early to let your guard down.

The season crossed its statistical peak on Wednesday, and so far, there have been six named storms and one major hurricane.

“That’s a little below average actually for those numbers. Typically, by this point in the season we would have seen eight named storms and had three hurricanes,” said Ian Hubbard, meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre.

Since Hurricane Erin brought rough surf to the Maritimes in August, it has been relatively quiet in Atlantic Canada.

In comparison, there were six named storms and four hurricanes at this point in 2024.

“It has been a remarkably quiet hurricane season so far in the Atlantic — one of the quietest since 1950,”

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