Strong El Niño conditions, confirmed by NOAA and emerging since June, are suppressing Atlantic tropical cyclone activity through elevated wind shear and drier air, producing the quietest start to the season in decades. As of August 26, only three named storms (Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal) have formed—all tropical storms—with zero hurricanes and Accumulated Cyclone Energy at just 3.1 (88% below the 1991–2020 median). Bertha’s Gulf Coast landfall marked the most recent U.S. impact, while no systems threaten land at present. NOAA’s August 6 outlook maintains a 75% probability of a below-normal season overall (7–13 named storms, 2–6 hurricanes, 0–2 majors), consistent with historical analogs during strong El Niño years. The climatological peak approaches in early September, when updated National Hurricane Center model runs and weekly outlooks will clarify any late-season development potential amid steering patterns that historically favor Gulf or East Coast tracks when activity occurs.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · UpdatedWhere will a hurricane make landfall in the US during the 2026 hurricane season?
$12,641 Vol.
Texas
11%
Louisiana
13%
Mississippi
5%
Alabama
7%
Florida
67%
Georgia
9%
South Carolina
11%
North Carolina
56%
Virginia
6%
Maryland
8%
Delaware
10%
New Jersey
10%
New York
25%
Connecticut
3%
Rhode Island
10%
Massachusetts
9%
New Hampshire
9%
Maine
9%
Hawaii
11%
$12,641 Vol.
Texas
11%
Louisiana
13%
Mississippi
5%
Alabama
7%
Florida
67%
Georgia
9%
South Carolina
11%
North Carolina
56%
Virginia
6%
Maryland
8%
Delaware
10%
New Jersey
10%
New York
25%
Connecticut
3%
Rhode Island
10%
Massachusetts
9%
New Hampshire
9%
Maine
9%
Hawaii
11%
A hurricane landfall is said to occur when a hurricane's surface center intersects with the coastline (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml#LANDFALL) and the NHC reports maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or higher (Category 1 or greater) at the time of landfall. The state of landfall is determined by the surface center's location when it crosses the coastline. If a single hurricane makes separate landfalls in more than one listed state, each such state resolves to "Yes".
Hurricane season runs from June 1, 2026 - November 30, 2026.
Each market resolves based on the initial NHC (or CPHC) advisory reporting a qualifying landfall in the relevant state, regardless of any later retraction or reanalysis. Each market may only resolve to "No" after November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or, if an extension period applies, after December 7, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, if the conditions for a "Yes" resolution have not been met.
If an active tropical cyclone at hurricane strength is over water per official NHC or CPHC advisories as of 11:59 PM ET on November 30, 2026, the relevant market(s) will operate under an extension period of 7 days, and the resolution date will move to December 7, 2026, 11:59 PM ET; a qualifying landfall by that hurricane during the extension period will count toward resolution.
If a qualifying landfall occurs within a market's timeframe (including any extension period) but has not yet been confirmed by an NHC or CPHC advisory by the resolution date, that market will remain open until such an advisory is issued.
Market Opened: Aug 18, 2026, 4:30 PM ET
Resolution Source
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Resolver
0x65070BE91...A hurricane landfall is said to occur when a hurricane's surface center intersects with the coastline (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml#LANDFALL) and the NHC reports maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or higher (Category 1 or greater) at the time of landfall. The state of landfall is determined by the surface center's location when it crosses the coastline. If a single hurricane makes separate landfalls in more than one listed state, each such state resolves to "Yes".
Hurricane season runs from June 1, 2026 - November 30, 2026.
Each market resolves based on the initial NHC (or CPHC) advisory reporting a qualifying landfall in the relevant state, regardless of any later retraction or reanalysis. Each market may only resolve to "No" after November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, or, if an extension period applies, after December 7, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, if the conditions for a "Yes" resolution have not been met.
If an active tropical cyclone at hurricane strength is over water per official NHC or CPHC advisories as of 11:59 PM ET on November 30, 2026, the relevant market(s) will operate under an extension period of 7 days, and the resolution date will move to December 7, 2026, 11:59 PM ET; a qualifying landfall by that hurricane during the extension period will count toward resolution.
If a qualifying landfall occurs within a market's timeframe (including any extension period) but has not yet been confirmed by an NHC or CPHC advisory by the resolution date, that market will remain open until such an advisory is issued.
Resolution Source
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Resolver
0x65070BE91...Strong El Niño conditions, confirmed by NOAA and emerging since June, are suppressing Atlantic tropical cyclone activity through elevated wind shear and drier air, producing the quietest start to the season in decades. As of August 26, only three named storms (Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal) have formed—all tropical storms—with zero hurricanes and Accumulated Cyclone Energy at just 3.1 (88% below the 1991–2020 median). Bertha’s Gulf Coast landfall marked the most recent U.S. impact, while no systems threaten land at present. NOAA’s August 6 outlook maintains a 75% probability of a below-normal season overall (7–13 named storms, 2–6 hurricanes, 0–2 majors), consistent with historical analogs during strong El Niño years. The climatological peak approaches in early September, when updated National Hurricane Center model runs and weekly outlooks will clarify any late-season development potential amid steering patterns that historically favor Gulf or East Coast tracks when activity occurs.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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