TROPICAL CYCLONES SINCE AIR RECONNAISSANCE
YEAR T.1S. 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL NO.
1944 4 3 1 2 1 0 11 1
1945 6 0 2 1 2 0 11 2
1946 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 3
1944 4 2 1 1 0 1 9 4
1948 3 2 0 2 2 0 9 5
1949 6 1 3 1 2 0 13 6
1950 2 1 2 5 2 1 13 7
1951 2 2 1 3 1 1 10 8
1952 1 1 2 2 1 0 7 9
1953 8 1 1 33 1 0 14 10
1954 3 3 3 1 1 0 11 11
1955 3 1 2 4 1 1 12 12
1956 4 2 0 1 1 0 8 13
1957 5 1 0 0 2 0 8 14
1958 3 2 0 2 2 1 10 15
1959 4 5 0 1 1 0 11 16
1960 3 1 1 0 0 2 7 17
1961 3 1 0 3 2 2 11 18
1962 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 19
1963 2 2 3 1 1 0 9 20
1964 6 0 0 2 4 0 12 21
1965 2 2 1 0 1 0 6 22
1966 4 4 0 2 1 0 11 23
1967 2 4 1 0 0 1 8 24
1968 3 5 (1 ST) 0 0 0 0 8 (1 ST) 25
1969 6 (1 ST) 5 2 4 0 1 18 (1 ST) 26
1970 5 2 1 2 0 0 10 27
1971 7 4 1 0 0 1 13 28
1972 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 29
1973 4 3 0 1 0 0 8 30
1974 7 (4 ST) 1 1 1 1 0 11 (4 ST) 31
1975 3 (1 ST) 1 2 2 1 0 9 (1 ST) 32
1976 4 (2 ST) 2 2 2 0 0 10 (2 ST) 33
1977 1 4 0 0 0 1 6 34
1978 7 (1 ST) 2 1 0 2 0 12 (1 ST) 35
1979 3 3 (1 ST) 1 0 1 1 9 (1 ST) 36
1980 2 4 3 1 0 1 11 37
1981 5 (1 ST) 3 1 2 1 0 12 (1 ST) 38
1982 4 (1 ST) 1 0 0 1 0 6 (1 ST) 39
1983 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 40
1984 8 (1 ST) 3 1 0 1 0 13 (1 ST) 41
1985 4 4 0 2 1 0 11 42
1986 2 3 1 0 0 0 6 43
1987 4 2 0 1 0 0 7 44
1988 6 3 0 0 2 1 12 45
1989 4 3 2 0 1 1 11 46
1990 6 5 2 1 0 0 14 47
1991 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 48
1992 3 (1 ST) 1 1 1 1 0 7 (1 ST) 49
1993 4 2 1 1 0 0 8 50
1994 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 51
1995 8 4 2 2 3 0 19 52
TOTAL 208 119 55 63 47 17 509 52
AVG/YR 4.0 2.29 1.06 1.21 0.90 0.33 9.79/YR 52

Table 2. All tropical cyclones during the period of aircraft reconnaissance 1944 to 1995
as recorded by the current archived data tape.