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Atlantic basin stormless over Labor Day weekend for the third consecutive hurricane season

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Of the six federal holidays that fall during the 6-month Atlantic hurricane season, the one you’re most likely to find a hurricane is on Labor Day. The first Monday of September arrives right as the hurricane season is reaching its traditional peak (on or around September 10 th ), when the Atlantic basin is typically most active. Some Labor Days of the not-so-distant past – like in 2023 and 1995 – featured as many as four simultaneous named storms over the holiday weekend. Labor Day weekend of 1950 was littered with 3 overlapping hurricanes – Charlie, Dog, and Easy, the last of which struck the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 3 hurricane and set a state rainfall record (45.2 inches at Yankeetown), which still holds today . Roughly 9 out of 10 Labor Day weekends since 1950 have featured at least one active tropical cyclone across the Atlantic basin (Gulf, Caribbean, and wider north Atlantic). Only twice in the reliable records (since 1950) have two consecutive Labor Day weekends passe

First report: Could 2026 Break a Hurricane Season Record? We’re Getting Close — clickorlando.com, 12d