 There were ten systems that attained the intensity of a moderate tropical storm, which has 10–minute sustained winds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph); this is near the long-term average, but much more active than the previous season.There were 58 days in which a tropical storm was active, or five more than the average.Seven of these storms attained tropical cyclone status, which has 10–minute winds of 120 km/h (75 mph); the 30 days with a tropical cyclone present was 10 days more than average.