Intense Hurricanes

Number of hurricanes greater than or equal to category 3 on the Safir-Simpson scale during the 20th century.

Usage

Hurricanes

Format

A data frame with 4 observations on the following 2 variables.

hurricanes

a numeric vector

count

a numeric vector

Source

Blake, E.S., E.N. Rappaport, J.D. Jarrell, and C.W. Landsea. 2005. The deadliest, costliest, and most intense United States tropical cyclones from 1851 to 2006 (and other frequently requested hurricane facts). NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-4.

References

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/Blakeetal_noaamemoApr2007.pdf