A review of the 2011 hurricane, tropical cyclone and typhoon season

2011 was another exceptionally quiet year continuing the trend of the previous three years as regards hurricanes, tropical cyclones and typhoons. There was a slight increase in the number of storms recorded but a slight reduction in the numbers of events that became full-blown hurricanes, tropical cyclones or typhoons. Again only the Atlantic Hurricane Season was above average and there were ongoing low levels of storms for the North West Pacific Typhoon and East Pacific Hurricane Seasons. There were only three Category 5 events, all of which occurred in the NW Pacific region. There were no events of exceptional note in terms of wind speed or barometric pressure.