Quiet 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Comes to a Close Roy / Saturday, November 29, 2014 / Categories: Hurricanes Article from Live Science The mellow 2014 Atlantic hurricane season ends Sunday (Nov. 30), marking another year without major hurricanes hitting the Eastern United States. It has been a record-breaking nine years since a Category 3 hurricane (or stronger) made landfall along U.S. coastlines. The last was Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (Sandy was not a hurricane when it hit the northeast in 2012). The United States has never recorded a nine-year period without a hurricane touching its shores. The prior record for the longest stretch, from 1861 to 1868, was set during the Civil War, according to Colorado State University climatologists. The above comes from an article on livescience.com, click here to read the article. (photo from CADO Gallery) Comment Collapse Expand Comments (0) warning You don't have permission to post comments.