Hurricane Beryl: Difference between revisions

== Records ==

Beryl is the easternmost Atlantic hurricane to form in June{{snd}}[[49th meridian west|49.3°W]], besting the mark set by the [[1933 Trinidad hurricane]]{{snd}}[[58th meridian west|58.9°W]].<ref name="EOTS 0630">{{cite web|title=Category 4 Beryl on collision course with Windward Islands|last1=Henson|first1=Bob|last2=Masters|first2=Jeff|date=June 30, 2024|url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/category-4-beryl-on-collision-course-with-windward-islands/|publisher=Yale Climate Connections|location=New Haven, Connecticut|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name="June29AP">{{cite web|last=Coto|first=Dánica|title=Beryl strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic, forecast to become a major storm|date=June 29, 2024|url=https://apnews.com/article/tropical-system-beryl-caribbean-0a61043f36a9439f8037147d60e3c9e3|website=apnews.com|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629210614/https://apnews.com/article/tropical-system-beryl-caribbean-0a61043f36a9439f8037147d60e3c9e3|archive-date=June 29, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, it is the earliest Category&nbsp;4 hurricane on record in the basin, surpassing the previous record set July 8, 2005 by [[Hurricane Dennis]],<ref name="EOTS 0630"/><ref name="Sci Am">{{cite magazine|last=Thompson|first=Andrea|date=July 1, 2024|title=Hurricane Beryl's Unprecedented Intensification Is an "Omen" for the Rest of the Season|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hurricane-beryl-underwent-unprecedented-rapid-intensification/|magazine=[[Scientific American]]|access-date=July 1, 2024}}</ref> and the strongest June hurricane as measured by [[wind speed]], surpassing [[Hurricane Audrey]] of 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beryl makes history by becoming strongest hurricane to form in June|date=June 30, 2024|url=https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/beryl-hurricane-tropics-history|last=Wulfeck|first=Andrew|publisher=FOX Weather|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Roeloffs|first=Mary Whitfill|title=Hurricane Beryl Rapidly Intensifies Into Category 4: Here's The Latest Forecast|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/06/30/hurricane-beryl-rapidly-intensifies-into-category-4-heres-the-latest-forecast/|publisher=[[Forbes]]|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=June 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630171151/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/06/30/hurricane-beryl-rapidly-intensifies-into-category-4-heres-the-latest-forecast/ |archive-date=June 30, 2024|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Also, Beryl became first system on record to undergo rapid intensification in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic in June.<ref name="EOTS 0630"/><ref name="Sci Am"/> Moreover, it became the third earliest Atlantic major hurricane, behind [[Hurricane Alma (1966)|Hurricane Alma]] {{snd}}June 8, 1966, and Hurricane Audrey{{snd}}June 27, 1957.<ref name="CNN 0701"/>

 

== See also ==