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Now almost 50-years of global hurricane data. No trends in frequency in number of named storms or those that reach hurricane-force 
Data contains 4137 named global Tropical Storms since January 1970.
Of those, 2242 became at least hurricane-force. 54%
Of those, 2242 became at least hurricane-force. 54%
In past 10-years, there have been 233 Major Hurricane Force global tropical cyclones ... in 10-years prior there were 251
Last 48-years:
Last 48-years:
Made this graphic about 10-years ago for my dissertation in grad school & updated it. Twitter just showed 824,000 times in past 3-days. 🌀
