The Pacific Ocean is filled with tropical activity as forecasters track Hurricane Gil, which is strengthening as it moves into the Central Pacific Basin, in addition to several other disturbances that could get their own names in the coming days.

The Pacific hurricane season has been busy, with nine named storms and 3-soon-to-be-4 hurricanes, but August is a big month for Atlantic storms.

We pored through 59 years of data to find out when we can typically expect the first hurricane of the season to happen. The short answer is there's usually a wait involved.