Hurricane climatology for eastern Canada: response zone

The table below shows the number of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes (categories 3-5) whose centres entered the Canadian Hurricane Centre Response Zone. It also gives the percentage of Atlantic Basin storms that entered the Response Zone at those strengths.

Atlantic Tropical Cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008
Years Number of Named Storms Number of Hurricanes Number of Major Huricanes Percentage of Named Storms Percentage of Hurricanes Percentage of Major Huricanes
1951-1960 44 27 4 45% 44% 12%
1961-1970 42 28 4 43% 45% 14%
1971-1980 34 17 4 35% 32% 25%
1981-1990 30 14 1 31% 27% 6%
1991-2000 43 21 2 39% 33% 7%
2001-2008 42 19 3 33% 30% 10%

 

Bar Graph showing the number of Atlantic tropical cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008
Number of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008

Line graph showing the percentage of Atlantic tropical cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008
Percentage of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008

Counts of Tropical Cyclones in the CHC Response Zone from 1951 to 2008
Year Named Storms Hurricanes Major Hurricanes
1951 5 4 0
1952 4 2 0
1953 7 3 0
1954 4 4 1
1955 6 3 0
1956 3 1 0
1957 3 1 0
1958 5 5 2
1959 4 2 1
1960 3 2 0
1961 5 3 2
1962 3 3 0
1963 5 4 0
1964 6 3 0
1965 1 1 0
1966 4 3 0
1967 4 3 0
1968 3 2 0
1969 9 5 2
1970 2 1 0
1971 5 2 0
1972 3 0 0
1973 4 2 1
1974 5 1 1
1975 4 3 1
1976 2 2 0
1977 3 2 0
1978 2 1 1
1979 3 1 0
1980 3 3 0
1981 4 2 0
1982 2 1 1
1983 1 0 0
1984 6 1 0
1985 3 1 0
1986 3 2 0
1987 1 1 0
1988 2 1 0
1989 4 2 0
1990 4 3 0
1991 3 2 1
1992 2 1 0
1993 3 2 1
1994 1 0 0
1995 8 4 0
1996 6 2 0
1997 4 1 0
1998 4 2 0
1999 5 3 0
2000 7 4 0
2001 7 5 0
2002 3 1 0
2003 5 5 1
2004 6 1 1
2005 5 2 1
2006 6 2 0
2007 3 1 0
2008 7 2 0

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