Tropical Storm Beryl lumbered ashore near Jacksonville Beach, Florida at 12:10 am this Memorial Day as an intensifying tropical storm with 70 mph winds. Beryl is only the second named storm to hit on a Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. (the three-day weekend was established in 1971.) The other was Subtropical Storm Alpha of 1972, which followed a path almost identical to Beryl’s and made landfall as a 60 mph subtropical storm. Beryl’s 70 mph winds at landfall make it the strongest landfalling May tropical cyclone since the May 29, 1908 hurricane, which had 75 mph winds when it brought tropical storm-force winds to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Must be due to global warming. Except that 1908 , 1972 and 2012 were all after periods of cooling
Looks like it warmed up after them too. I hope that doesn’t happen, because the loons will toast us.
FYI, things here in Jacksonville pretty normal. Some light damage in the area, various (mostly already weakened or rotten) trees blown over, minor shallow flooding, scattered, small branches in the roads. Morning commute to work was normal.
A tree blew over in my yard in Colorado this weekend. Sounds like we had it worse than you.
Jacksonville had a peak wind GUST of 56 mph near Beryl’s landfall. Where were the 70 mph sustained winds? Sounds like another phantom storm.