The number of Named Storms in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
10
10
13
1985
---
11
12
11
1986
---
8
9
6
1987
---
8
7
7
1988
---
11
11
12
1989
---
7
12
11
1990
---
11
13
14
1991
---
8
8
8
1992
---
8
9
7
1993
---
11
11
8
1994
---
9
8
7
1995
10
12
21
19
1996
11
10
14
13
1997
11
11
16
8
1998
10
10
11
14
1999
14
14
15
12
2000
11
12
11
15
2001
10
12
13
15
2002
12
11
10
12
2003
12
14
18
16
2004
14
14
13
15
2005
13
15
20
28
2006
17
17
16
10
2007
17
17
16
15
2008
15
15
17
16
2009
12
11
10
9
2010
15
18
18
19
2011
16
16
16
19
2012
10
13
14
19
2013
18
18
18
14
2014
9
10
10
8
2015
7
8
8
11
2016
13
14
15
15
2017
11
14
16
17
2018
14
14
12
15
2019
13
14
14
18
2020
16
19
24
30
2021
17
18
18
21
2022
19
20
18
14
2023
13
15
18
20
The number of Named Storm Days in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
45.00
45.00
63.25
1985
---
55.00
55.50
51.25
1986
---
35.00
30.25
23.25
1987
---
40.00
35.00
37.25
1988
---
50.00
50.00
47.00
1989
---
30.00
40.00
65.25
1990
---
55.00
56.75
72.25
1991
---
35.00
31.75
24.25
1992
---
35.00
36.50
40.25
1993
---
55.00
51.00
29.75
1994
---
35.00
32.00
28.75
1995
50.00
65.00
79.00
121.25
1996
55.00
45.00
64.00
79.00
1997
55.00
55.00
58.25
30.00
1998
50.00
50.00
53.00
87.25
1999
65.00
75.00
79.50
78.50
2000
55.00
65.00
55.00
71.50
2001
50.00
60.00
62.00
68.75
2002
65.00
55.00
36.75
57.00
2003
65.00
70.00
77.75
81.50
2004
60.00
60.00
55.00
93.00
2005
65.00
75.00
96.00
126.25
2006
85.00
85.00
76.75
58.00
2007
85.00
85.00
76.75
37.75
2008
80.00
80.00
91.00
88.25
2009
55.00
50.00
45.00
30.00
2010
75.00
90.00
90.75
89.50
2011
80.00
80.00
81.25
89.75
2012
40.00
50.00
50.50
101.25
2013
95.00
95.00
85.00
42.25
2014
35.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
2015
30.00
30.00
25.00
43.50
2016
52.00
53.00
55.00
82.25
2017
50.00
60.00
70.00
93.00
2018
70.00
55.00
53.00
86.75
2019
50.00
55.00
55.00
70.00
2020
80.00
85.00
100.00
122.75
2021
80.00
80.00
80.00
79.75
2022
90.00
95.00
85.00
55.00
2023
55.00
60.00
90.00
100.50
The number of Hurricanes in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
7
7
5
1985
---
8
8
7
1986
---
4
5
4
1987
---
5
4
3
1988
---
7
7
5
1989
---
4
4
7
1990
---
7
7
8
1991
---
4
3
4
1992
---
4
4
4
1993
---
7
6
4
1994
---
5
4
3
1995
6
8
10
11
1996
7
6
9
9
1997
7
7
8
3
1998
6
6
6
10
1999
9
9
9
8
2000
7
8
7
8
2001
6
7
7
9
2002
7
6
4
4
2003
8
8
10
7
2004
8
8
7
9
2005
7
8
11
15
2006
9
9
7
5
2007
9
9
8
6
2008
8
8
9
8
2009
6
5
4
3
2010
8
10
10
12
2011
9
9
9
7
2012
4
5
6
10
2013
9
9
8
2
2014
3
4
4
6
2015
3
3
2
4
2016
6
6
6
7
2017
4
6
8
10
2018
7
6
5
8
2019
5
6
7
6
2020
8
9
12
14
2021
8
8
8
7
2022
9
10
8
8
2023
6
7
9
7
The number of Hurricanes Days in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
30.00
30.00
18.25
1985
---
35.00
30.50
21.25
1986
---
15.00
11.00
10.50
1987
---
20.00
15.00
5.00
1988
---
30.00
30.00
21.25
1989
---
15.00
15.00
31.75
1990
---
30.00
27.25
26.75
1991
---
15.00
10.00
8.25
1992
---
15.00
15.00
16.00
1993
---
25.00
25.00
9.50
1994
---
15.00
12.00
7.25
1995
25.00
35.00
30.75
61.50
1996
25.00
20.00
31.50
45.00
1997
25.00
25.00
22.25
9.50
1998
20.00
25.00
25.00
48.50
1999
40.00
40.00
40.00
41.00
2000
25.00
35.00
30.00
32.75
2001
25.00
30.00
30.00
25.50
2002
30.00
25.00
12.00
10.75
2003
35.00
35.00
25.00
32.75
2004
35.00
35.00
30.00
45.50
2005
35.00
45.00
55.25
49.75
2006
45.00
45.00
35.00
21.25
2007
40.00
40.00
35.00
12.25
2008
40.00
40.00
45.00
30.50
2009
25.00
20.00
18.00
12.00
2010
35.00
40.00
40.00
38.50
2011
35.00
35.00
35.00
26.00
2012
16.00
18.00
20.00
28.50
2013
40.00
40.00
35.00
3.25
2014
12.00
15.00
15.25
17.75
2015
10.00
10.00
8.00
12.00
2016
21.00
21.00
22.00
27.75
2017
16.00
25.00
35.00
51.75
2018
30.00
20.00
15.00
27.50
2019
16.00
20.00
20.00
23.50
2020
35.00
40.00
45.00
35.25
2021
35.00
35.00
35.00
27.75
2022
35.00
40.00
30.00
21.00
2023
25.00
30.00
35.00
31.50
The number of Major Hurricanes in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
---
---
1
1985
---
---
---
3
1986
---
---
---
0
1987
---
---
---
1
1988
---
---
---
3
1989
---
---
---
2
1990
---
3
2
1
1991
---
1
0
2
1992
---
1
1
1
1993
---
2
2
1
1994
---
1
1
0
1995
2
3
3
5
1996
3
2
4
6
1997
3
3
2
1
1998
2
2
2
3
1999
4
4
4
5
2000
3
4
3
3
2001
2
3
3
4
2002
3
2
1
2
2003
3
3
3
3
2004
3
3
3
6
2005
3
4
6
7
2006
5
5
3
2
2007
5
5
4
2
2008
4
4
5
5
2009
2
2
2
2
2010
4
5
5
5
2011
5
5
5
4
2012
2
2
2
2
2013
4
4
3
0
2014
1
1
1
2
2015
1
1
1
2
2016
2
2
2
4
2017
2
2
3
6
2018
3
2
1
2
2019
2
2
2
3
2020
4
4
5
7
2021
4
4
4
4
2022
4
5
4
2
2023
2
3
4
3
The number of Major Hurricanes Days in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
---
---
0.75
1985
---
---
---
4.00
1986
---
---
---
0.00
1987
---
---
---
0.50
1988
---
---
---
9.25
1989
---
---
---
9.75
1990
---
---
5.00
1.00
1991
---
2.00
0.00
1.25
1992
---
2.00
2.00
3.50
1993
---
3.00
2.00
0.75
1994
---
1.00
1.00
0.00
1995
5.00
6.00
5.00
11.50
1996
5.00
5.00
4.50
13.00
1997
5.00
5.00
4.00
2.25
1998
4.00
5.00
5.00
9.50
1999
10.00
10.00
10.00
14.25
2000
6.00
8.00
6.00
5.00
2001
4.00
5.00
5.00
4.25
2002
6.00
5.00
2.00
3.00
2003
8.00
8.00
5.00
16.75
2004
8.00
8.00
6.00
22.25
2005
7.00
11.00
18.75
17.50
2006
13.00
13.00
8.00
2.00
2007
11.00
11.00
10.00
6.00
2008
9.00
9.00
11.00
7.50
2009
5.00
4.00
4.00
3.50
2010
10.00
13.00
13.00
11.00
2011
10.00
10.00
10.00
4.50
2012
3.00
4.00
5.00
0.50
2013
9.00
9.00
7.00
0.00
2014
2.00
3.00
3.00
3.75
2015
0.50
0.50
0.50
4.00
2016
4.00
4.00
5.00
10.25
2017
4.00
5.00
7.00
19.25
2018
7.00
4.00
2.00
5.25
2019
4.00
5.00
5.00
9.50
2020
9.00
9.00
11.00
8.25
2021
9.00
9.00
9.00
12.75
2022
9.00
11.00
8.00
5.75
2023
5.00
7.00
9.00
7.25
Accumulated Cyclone Energy index (in 104 knots2) in each Atlantic hurricane season
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Year
April
June
August
Observed
1984
---
109
109
84
1985
---
129
117
88
1986
---
60
47
36
1987
---
77
59
34
1988
---
112
112
103
1989
---
57
66
135
1990
---
115
103
97
1991
---
55
34
36
1992
---
55
57
76
1993
---
91
84
38
1994
---
63
51
32
1995
92
130
137
227
1996
97
87
125
166
1997
102
102
112
41
1998
87
92
104
181
1999
150
150
153
177
2000
116
150
121
119
2001
92
111
114
110
2002
116
92
56
67
2003
130
135
130
176
2004
135
135
116
227
2005
126
159
228
245
2006
183
183
132
83
2007
174
174
152
74
2008
150
150
175
146
2009
100
85
80
53
2010
150
185
185
165
2011
160
160
160
126
2012
70
80
99
133
2013
165
165
142
36
2014
55
65
65
67
2015
40
40
35
63
2016
101
103
110
143
2017
75
100
135
225
2018
130
90
64
133
2019
80
100
105
132
2020
150
160
200
180
2021
150
150
150
146
2022
160
180
150
94
2023
100
125
160
148
Historical Tropical Cyclone Statistics
TC Statistics
Statistics are calculated from best tracks archived in the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship
(IBTrACS, available online HERE).
In the Southern Hemishphere, tropical cyclone seasons are defined to start on July 1 of the previous year.
For example, the 1980 season ran from July 1, 1979 through June 30, 1980.
Historical Tropical Cyclone Statistics over each basin
CSU Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO) index
AMO index
In 2008, Phil Klotzbach and Bill Gray published a paper in Journal of Climate discussing a newly-developed Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation index that utilized a combination of two predictors: 1) Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the far North Atlantic from 50-60°N, 50-10°W and 2) sea level pressures (SLPs) in the North Atlantic from 0-50°N, 70-10°W. At present, the index is calculated by weighing the SST component as 60% of the index and the SLP component as the remaining 40%. All values are standardized using the 1981-2010 climatological average as a baseline. Real-time monthly values are calculated from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and are typically updated by the 5th of the following month.
Standardized monthly values of the Klotzbach and Gray (2008) AMO index from 1950-present
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Remembering Dr. Bill Gray
In Memory of Dr. William (Bill) Gray
Dr. Gray passed away on April 16, 2016. He spent over 60 years in the field of meteorology and made vast contributions in the field of tropical cyclone research. Not only was he a phenomenal scientist, he was an excellent advisor to his 80+ graduate students, an amazing mentor and a great friend.
Dr. Gray's classic paper on genesis in 1979 entitled "Hurricanes: their formation, structure and likely role in the tropical circulation" as part of the book of Meteorology Over the Tropical Oceans.
‘A Lighter Shade of Gray’, A piece on the unique and humorous characteristics of Dr. Gray published in the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang written by Phil Klotzbach and fellow CSU alum Brian McNoldy.
Tropical Meteorology Project Blue Books - Project Reports by Dr. William Gray and his students