U.S. Hurricane Strikes by Decade (Text)

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U.S. Hurricane Strikes by Decade (Text)

Number of hurricanes by Saffir-Simpson Category to strike the mainland U.S. each decade.

Decade	Saffir-Simpson Category¹					All 1,2,3,4,5	Major 3,4,5
Decade	1	2	3	4	5	All 1,2,3,4,5	Major 3,4,5
1851-1860	8	5	5	1	0	19	6
1861-1870	8	6	1	0	0	15	1
1871-1880	7	6	7	0	0	20	7
1881-1890	8	9	4	1	0	22	5
1891-1900	8	5	5	3	0	21	8
1901-1910	10	4	4	0	0	18	4
1911-1920	10	4	4	3	0	21	7
1921-1930	5	3	3	2	0	13	5
1931-1940	4	7	6	1	1	19	8
1941-1950	8	6	9	1	0	24	10
1951-1960	8	1	5	3	0	17	8
1961-1970	3	5	4	1	1	14	6
1971-1980	6	2	4	0	0	12	4
1981-1990	9	1	4	1	0	15	5
1991-2000	3	6	4	0	1	14	5
2001-2004	4	2	2	1	0	9	3

1851-2004	109	72	71	18	3	273	92
Average Per Decade	7.1	4.7	4.6	1.2	0.2	17.7	6.0

¹ Only the highest Saffir-Simpson Category to affect the U.S. has been used.

This is taken from NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-4:
THE DEADLIEST, COSTLIEST, AND MOST INTENSE
UNITED STATES HURRICANES FROM 1851 TO 2004
(AND OTHER FREQUENTLY REQUESTED HURRICANE FACTS)
by
Eric S. Blake, Jerry D. Jarrell(retired) and Edward N. Rappaport
NOAA/NWS/ Tropical Prediction Center
Miami, Florida

Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, Florida

Full Report available in PDF format.

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