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Average Uptime for the whole period
Best regards, and takeITeasy™ with WebSitePulse™
Iavor Marinoff, CEO
Report Methodology:
WebSitePulse Performance Reports measure Uptime and Response Time as the most important metrics for the availability and the reliability of any web-based operation. Performance measurement took place daily, every 15 minutes during the entire Hurricane season, between the hours of 6AM and 3AM EST. The WebSitePulse website monitoring service was used to collect data and to create the reports.
The simultaneous monitoring is performed from 3 US locations of the WebSitePulse monitoring network: Trumbull, CT, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL. In case of a detected malfunction or unavailability, the system performs automated error verification from 3 independent resources and only after the above procedure is performed and has returned consistent results, the detected error is confirmed, recorded, and included in the daily performance reports. In these cases, an advanced WebSitePulse exclusive feature comes into play - Forced Monitoring - which automatically switches to a 3 minute - monitoring interval for increased accuracy.
About WebSitePulse:
WebSitePulse is a leading provider of global, independent, and objective availability and performance monitoring of web sites, servers, network components, web applications, e-business- and email round-trip transactions.
Contact:
For more information about this report please contact:
George T., CTO
phone: 1-407-380-1600
email:
Reproduction:
WebSitePulse launched the Performance and Uptime Reports program to keep the general public and the Internet community informed about the performance of specific websites and the challenges their webmasters, owners and operators are facing on a daily basis, especially when the web traffic intensifies due to some special events through the year. Some of the most popular web destinations, related to each particular event, are selected for the purpose of the Reports, and data from their performance measurements is made available on the WebSitePulse public website.
With the intention to broadly disseminate this information for the benefit of the Internet community, we encourage the use of this information without prior approval and under the following Terms and Conditions:
The Data from the performance measurements cannot be changed or manipulated and should be used "as is".
WebSitePulse 2024 Hurricane Season Web Performance Report Summary
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is now over. It has been notably active with 17 named storms,
including 11 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes.
The season started later than usual with Tropical Storm Alberto in mid-June but became highly active, including Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record. Activity fluctuated due to atmospheric conditions such as the Saharan Air Layer, which inhibited storm formation at times. Several notable hurricanes, including Debby, Ernesto, Francine, Helene, and Milton, made landfall, causing widespread impacts across the Caribbean, the United States, and even Europe in the case of post-tropical remnants.
This season is marked by a combination of record-setting storms, shifts in atmospheric patterns, and high damage, underscoring the complexity and severity of recent Atlantic hurricane trends.
In 2024, in the Atlantic basin, we observed the following:
Several storms have made landfall or impacted land, such as Hurricane Hone near Hawaii and Tropical Storm Ileana along the coast of Mexico. The season, ongoing as of now, has exhibited fluctuations in activity, with periods of intense storm formation interspersed with notable lulls, attributed in part to various atmospheric and oceanic conditions.
In 2024, in the Pacific basin, we observed the following:
For this Performance Report, we at WebSitePulse monitoring service measured the websites' home pages' performance and complete interaction with the website as an end-user would do.
The report measures Uptime and Response Time as the most critical metrics for all web-based operations' availability and reliability. Measurements of the multi-step online transactions were made every 15 minutes simultaneously from 3 different monitoring locations: Trumbull, CT (US East Coast), San Francisco, CA (US West Coast), and Chicago, IL (US Central). The overall uptime and speed of the monitored weather websites were quite good during the whole period, except for trackthetropics.com. We found that all monitored websites' daily average response time was 0.557 sec. which is 1.11 sec. faster than last year's. The daily average responses by location are as follows:
Compared to last year's performance, the two leaders decreased their response time by an average of 0.319 seconds, while the slowest site this year performed on average 3.792 seconds faster than in the 2023 Hurricane Season monitored period.
The daily average uptime for the five websites for the 2024 hurricane season was almost 99.86%.
The daily average uptime by location is as follows:
Average Response times for the whole periodThe season started later than usual with Tropical Storm Alberto in mid-June but became highly active, including Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record. Activity fluctuated due to atmospheric conditions such as the Saharan Air Layer, which inhibited storm formation at times. Several notable hurricanes, including Debby, Ernesto, Francine, Helene, and Milton, made landfall, causing widespread impacts across the Caribbean, the United States, and even Europe in the case of post-tropical remnants.
This season is marked by a combination of record-setting storms, shifts in atmospheric patterns, and high damage, underscoring the complexity and severity of recent Atlantic hurricane trends.
In 2024, in the Atlantic basin, we observed the following:
- 6 tropical storms (Alberto, Chris, Gordon, Joyce, Nadine, and Patty)
- 2 category 1 hurricanes (Debby and Oscar)
- 5 category 2 hurricanes (Ernesto, Francine, Isaac, Leslie, and Rafael)
- 2 category 4 hurricanes (Helene and Kirk)
- 2 category 5 hurricanes (Beryl and Milton)
Several storms have made landfall or impacted land, such as Hurricane Hone near Hawaii and Tropical Storm Ileana along the coast of Mexico. The season, ongoing as of now, has exhibited fluctuations in activity, with periods of intense storm formation interspersed with notable lulls, attributed in part to various atmospheric and oceanic conditions.
In 2024, in the Pacific basin, we observed the following:
- 2 tropical depressions (Eleven-E and Fourteen-E)
- 8 tropical storms (Aletta, Bud, Daniel, Emilia, Fabio, Hector, Ileana, and Lane)
- 1 category 1 hurricane (Hone)
- 1 category 3 hurricane (John)
- 1 category 4 hurricane (Gilma)
- 1 category 5 hurricane (Kristy)
For this Performance Report, we at WebSitePulse monitoring service measured the websites' home pages' performance and complete interaction with the website as an end-user would do.
The report measures Uptime and Response Time as the most critical metrics for all web-based operations' availability and reliability. Measurements of the multi-step online transactions were made every 15 minutes simultaneously from 3 different monitoring locations: Trumbull, CT (US East Coast), San Francisco, CA (US West Coast), and Chicago, IL (US Central). The overall uptime and speed of the monitored weather websites were quite good during the whole period, except for trackthetropics.com. We found that all monitored websites' daily average response time was 0.557 sec. which is 1.11 sec. faster than last year's. The daily average responses by location are as follows:
- Trumbull, CT (US East Coast) – 0.517 sec
- San Francisco, CA (US West Coast) – 0.652 sec
- Chicago, IL (US Central) – 0.501 sec
Compared to last year's performance, the two leaders decreased their response time by an average of 0.319 seconds, while the slowest site this year performed on average 3.792 seconds faster than in the 2023 Hurricane Season monitored period.
The daily average uptime for the five websites for the 2024 hurricane season was almost 99.86%.
The daily average uptime by location is as follows:
- Trumbull, CT (US East Coast) – 99.86%
- San Francisco, CA (US West Coast) – 99.86%
- Chicago, IL (US Central) – 99.85%
| # | Target | Trumbull, CT | San Francisco, CA | Chicago, IL | Avg. resp. time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nesdis.noaa.gov | 0.158 | 0.152 | 0.132 | 0.147 |
| 2 | nhc.noaa.gov | 0.242 | 0.516 | 0.161 | 0.306 |
| 3 | redcross.org | 0.476 | 0.555 | 0.595 | 0.542 |
| 4 | floridadisaster.org | 0.567 | 0.661 | 0.556 | 0.595 |
| 5 | weather.com | 1.142 | 1.379 | 1.063 | 1.195 |
Average Uptime for the whole period
| # | Target | Trumbull, CT | San Francisco, CA | Chicago, IL | Avg. uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nhc.noaa.gov | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% | 100.000% |
| 2 | redcross.org | 100.000% | 99.998% | 100.000% | 99.999% |
| 3 | floridadisaster.org | 99.929% | 99.918% | 99.909% | 99.919% |
| 4 | weather.com | 99.805% | 99.813% | 99.804% | 99.807% |
| 5 | nesdis.noaa.gov | 99.553% | 99.550% | 99.549% | 99.551% |
Best regards, and takeITeasy™ with WebSitePulse™
Iavor Marinoff, CEO
Report Methodology:
WebSitePulse Performance Reports measure Uptime and Response Time as the most important metrics for the availability and the reliability of any web-based operation. Performance measurement took place daily, every 15 minutes during the entire Hurricane season, between the hours of 6AM and 3AM EST. The WebSitePulse website monitoring service was used to collect data and to create the reports.
The simultaneous monitoring is performed from 3 US locations of the WebSitePulse monitoring network: Trumbull, CT, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL. In case of a detected malfunction or unavailability, the system performs automated error verification from 3 independent resources and only after the above procedure is performed and has returned consistent results, the detected error is confirmed, recorded, and included in the daily performance reports. In these cases, an advanced WebSitePulse exclusive feature comes into play - Forced Monitoring - which automatically switches to a 3 minute - monitoring interval for increased accuracy.
About WebSitePulse:
WebSitePulse is a leading provider of global, independent, and objective availability and performance monitoring of web sites, servers, network components, web applications, e-business- and email round-trip transactions.
Contact:
For more information about this report please contact:
George T., CTO
phone: 1-407-380-1600
email:
Reproduction:
WebSitePulse launched the Performance and Uptime Reports program to keep the general public and the Internet community informed about the performance of specific websites and the challenges their webmasters, owners and operators are facing on a daily basis, especially when the web traffic intensifies due to some special events through the year. Some of the most popular web destinations, related to each particular event, are selected for the purpose of the Reports, and data from their performance measurements is made available on the WebSitePulse public website.
With the intention to broadly disseminate this information for the benefit of the Internet community, we encourage the use of this information without prior approval and under the following Terms and Conditions:
- WebSitePulse should be referred as the "Source" of the information;
- WebSitePulse should be acknowledged as the owner of the copyrights of the information in the Reports;
- The texts of the Reports could be changed or altered to better suit the needs and the style of the publisher without prior notice to WebSitePulse. However, the integrity and the meaning of the information should be preserved;
The Data from the performance measurements cannot be changed or manipulated and should be used "as is".
