The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, will be significantly less active than the overall averages from 1950 to the present, according to researchers at NC State. More than 100 years of Atlantic Ocean historical data were evaluated to make these predictions. NC State collaborators on the research include Montserrat Fuentes, professor of statistics, Marcela Alfaro-Cordoba, graduate research assistant in statistics, and Bin Liu, research assistant professor in marine, earth and atmospheric sciences .

SOURCE: NC State News