After weeks of snow and damaging rainfall, already-battered Atlantic states could be hit once again by an early hurricane season, according to reports. While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) "official" hurricane season for the Atlantic region starts June 1 and runs through the end of November, the last six Atlantic hurricane seasons have kicked off early. "Considerations for the team would include a determination of a quantitative threshold for adding or removing dates from the official Atlantic hurricane season. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP"Regardless, there will be no changes to the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season this year," he said. The dates of the hurricane season have not been altered since 1965, when they were shifted to coincide with the first and last days of the month.

Source: Fox News February 27, 2021 19:52 UTC