Forecasts for a busy hurricane season in 2006 were all dead wrong. This year, forecasters predicted a really busy year again. But with just two storms to date, and neither one a hurricane, you might wonder where all the action is.

Be patient, history suggests.

“June storms are not unusual, but... we’re in the relatively quiet part of the hurricane season,” said Dennis Felgen, a meteorologist and spokesman for the National Hurricane Center.

Though hurricane season begins on June 1, the stormiest months tend to be August and September, when conditions in the Atlantic basin are most ripe for a hurricane to develop. During these months, ocean temperatures are warmer and there is typically less wind in the upper atmosphere to shear the tops off of developing storms.

 Source : Live Science