Hurricane Season 2011 -- By the Numbers

• 19:  Named storms during 2011 Atlantic hurricane season
• 11:  Number of named storms during an average hurricane season
• 14:  Out of the last 17, hurricane seasons that have been above average
• 2:  Number of tropical systems that made landfall on the U.S. coast.  Hurricane Irene was the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since 2008.
• 17:  U.S. states affected by Hurricane Irene
• $10.1 billion:  Estimated damage caused by Hurricane Irene
• 1:  Storm category of Hurricane Irene, the weakest on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
• 120:  Number of fatalities blamed on hurricane season

Long range forecasts for the 2012 hurricane season will be released next spring.