"Today was the traditional optimistic start to the New Year - for about 10 seconds," one government bond trader said.
The first tropical cyclone developed on June 11, over a month after the traditional start of the season.
Ọnwa Agwu is the traditional start of the year.
Plough Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year.
"I favored a more traditional, conservative start until confidence could be built in the market," she said.
The day coincides with the traditional start of the Iditarod each year.
The team was active in races which preceded those known as "classics" and the traditional start of the spring season.
Unlike earlier inductees in this category, Jackson's career almost entirely took place after the traditional 1955 start of the "rock era".
That's where we the parents come in, especially now at the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.
May used to be the traditional start of the selling season.