| Claim | Actual Data (2006-2024) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Only 26 hurricanes made US landfall since Katrina | Approximately 33 hurricanes made US mainland landfall from 2006-2024 (total from 2005-2024 is about 36, including Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005) | Inaccurate |
| 4 in 2020 | 6 hurricanes: Hanna (TX, Cat 1), Isaias (NC, Cat 1), Laura (LA, Cat 4), Sally (AL, Cat 2), Delta (LA, Cat 2), Zeta (LA, Cat 3) | Inaccurate |
| 4 in 2024 | 5 hurricanes: Beryl (TX, Cat 1), Debby (FL, Cat 1), Francine (LA, Cat 2), Helene (FL, Cat 4), Milton (FL, Cat 3) | Inaccurate |
| Year | Every Hurricane that Made US Landfall | Every Hurricane in the Gulf |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | None | Ernesto (Cat 1), Debby (Cat 1) |
| 2009 | None | None |
| 2010 | None | Alex (Cat 2), Bonnie (Cat 1) |
| 2011 | None | None |
| 2013 | None | Ingrid (Cat 1) |
| 2015 | None | None |
| 2021 | None | Grace (Cat 1), Ida (Cat 4), Nicholas (Cat 1) |
Data sourced from NOAA/NHC records. "US landfall" refers to contiguous US mainland as hurricanes (Cat 1+). "Hurricanes in the Gulf" includes those that entered the Gulf of Mexico at hurricane intensity.
I should have qualified it by saying I asked free GROK.
and GROK qualified what constituted a hurricane and if it made landfall more than once it was only counted once.
And the question i asked was how many hit landfall since Katrina...so Katrina wasn’t in the count.
So we are probably close and I could have been more precise.
sometimes GROK leaves link...GROK also excluded less than CAT 1 by the time they hit landfall - Continental US & P.R. only.
And included those that reached at least Category 1 strength at the time of landfall with sustained winds of 74 mph or higher.
see if this works.
https://grok.com/c/5e11115d-4421-4325-8201-603d3a39c8f0