The Storm Free Atlantic: What This Quiet Season Says About Climate Change The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet this year, a record low attributed to El Niño.
The natural warming of parts of the equatorial Pacific has created conditions inhospitable to storm formation. Meteorologists have long recognized El Niño's ability to disrupt hurricane patterns.
This year's extreme case is particularly notable, with no Atlantic hurricanes formed and none expected for at least another week.