Monthly Climate Timeseries:

Hurricane Number
Various timeseries of the number of Atlantic hurricanes in a month

Timeseries Plot:
Calculation Method:
Values are obtained using the HURDAT dataset at the NHC. Counts of hurricanes in a month are based on the first day of the hurricane. The category is determined by using the maximum wind speed for the storm. Landfalling hurricanes are specified in the hurdat dataset.
Time Interval: Monthly
Time Coverage: 1950 to present
Update Status: Yearly

Get Data:
Number of Atlantic hurricanes from 1950 to present.: Standard PSD Format (What is standard format?)
Number of Atlantic hurricanes or trop;ical storms from 1950 to present.: Standard PSD Format (What is standard format?)
Data is from the NHC
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