Hurricane season has started, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a beach vacation. The experts at The Weather Channel say there are plenty of places that offer fun in the sun without the threat of a hurricane or tropical storm.
Meteorologists warn travelers may want to be wary of locations like Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts during hurricane season. Instead, they suggest you check out coastal communities in California, the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are extremely rare along the California coast. There is only one record of a hurricane making landfall and that was way back in 1858. However, Tropical Storm Kay did come close last year, making landfall along the Baja California Peninsula. That is technically part of northwestern Mexico.
Hurricanes are rare in Hawaii, but the islands do get a fair share of tropical systems. It seems the island chain’s geography plays a big role. According to The Weather Channel, “since 1950, nearly every system that approached Hawaii from the east eventually weakened to a tropical storm or depression before reaching the islands due to drier, more stable air from Hawaii’s northeast, stronger wind shear near the islands and cooler ocean surface temperatures east of the Big Island.”
Although not ideal for swimming and sunbathing, the Pacific Northwest is quite picturesque and hurricane-free. That’s because the ocean water off Washington and Oregon is too cold to sustain hurricanes.
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