Philip Klotzbach

@philklotzbach · Colorado · joined 19 Jul 2009

Meteorologist at CSU specializing in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts. Avid runner, cyclist and hiker. Appalachian Trail thru-hiker in 2002.

64 249Followers

1 127Following

12 792Posts total

166.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views15 317this account1 456median for 10K–100K

Reach, %23.84%this account4.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.92%this account1.88%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	15 317	1 456	10.5×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	23.84%	4.50%	5.30×
Engagement rate	0.92%	1.88%	0.49×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

26K10 Aug

15.3K12 Aug

15.1K20 Aug

79.2K1 Sep

528

5212 Sep

30.4K3 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.92%10 Aug

1.14%12 Aug

1.96%20 Aug

0.37%1 Sep

0.19%

0.19%2 Sep

1.19%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.88%.

What the audience does

Likes67.6%978 in total

Reposts20.7%300 in total

Replies2.3%33 in total

Quotes3.7%53 in total

Bookmarks5.7%83 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

5 Sep

Daily snapshots since 05 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

Western tropical Atlantic/Caribbean (10-20°N, 85-50°W) vertical wind shear continues to shatter previous records, with average shear in the western Atlantic for the past 30 days >3 kt stronger than any other year in the global satellite era (since 1979). #ElNino https://t.co/K 30.4K views · 262 likes · 75 reposts · 8 replies 03 Sep 2026 @philklotzbach Five of the seven years still produced a U.S. hurricane landfall later. 😉 🌀: 1967 (Beulah, Cat 3 near the TX–Mexico border) 🌀: 1984 (Diana, Cat 2 in NC) 🌀: 1988 (Florence, Cat 1 in LA) 🌀: 2002 (Lili, Cat 1 in LA) 🌀: 2022 (Ian, Cat 4 in FL) 521 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @philklotzbach Don't jinx us! 528 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Tropical Storm #Edouard has made landfall in Louisiana with max winds of 60 mph. The Atlantic has yet to have a #hurricane this year. Only 7 seasons in satellite era (since 1966) have gone into September without an Atlantic hurricane. https://t.co/g2tyxhb2Qo 79.2K views · 194 likes · 77 reposts · 10 replies 01 Sep 2026 On August 20 every year, Dr. Bill Gray would ring a bell denoting the start of the climatologically most active portion of the Atlantic #hurricane season. Historically, about 2/3 of all Atlantic hurricane activity occurs between August 20 - October 10. https://t.co/o4GetHjtsl 15.1K views · 232 likes · 52 reposts · 8 replies 20 Aug 2026 Tropical Storm #Cristobal has formed in the northeastern Atlantic - the 3rd named storm of the 2026 Atlantic #hurricane season. On average the 3rd Atlantic named storm forms on August 3rd. https://t.co/2DmmLco2Gl 15.3K views · 120 likes · 41 reposts · 1 replies 12 Aug 2026 Current 30-day-averaged Main Development Region (10-20°N, 85-20°W) vertical wind shear is the strongest on record, recently pulling ahead of 2015. Strong vertical wind shear reduces Atlantic #hurricane activity. #ElNino has very strong imprints on this season already. https://t.c 26K views · 168 likes · 55 reposts · 6 replies 10 Aug 2026