It was the hurricane season that almost never happened.
The season, which ends Saturday, Nov. 30, has been on the quietest on record. since 1950. Only one named storm, Andrea, struck the coastal US. It was also a late season,
Basically, very dryair got into the Atlantic Ocean and never left. It robbed any storm of the moisture it needed to get started.
Read more at http://m.livescience.com/41562-why-2013-hurricane-season-quiet.html