by P. Homewood, Dec 3, 2020 in NotaLotofPeopleKnowThat
Inevitably the busy hurricane season this year is getting blamed on global warming:
But first of all, let’s get one thing clear – there was not a record number of hurricanes this year in the Atlantic. There were 13 hurricanes, compared to 15 in 2005:
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd-faq/#tcs-after-1930
It is true that there were more named storms, which includes tropical storms as well as hurricanes, this season than in any other year, but this is quite meaningless. Over the years, reporting practices have drastically changed, so that more storms are spotted and named now.
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