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9/56 YEAR CYCLE: US HURRICANES
Moon Sun Finance
David McMinn
A 9/56 year cycle has been established in patterns of US
& Western European financial crises and the timing of
earthquakes around the circum Pacific rim (eg: California
& Chile). This paper
examines the prospect of a 9/56 year hurricane cycle in the Atlantic and
northern Pacific. The raw data on the timing of major Atlantic, east
Pacific and west Pacific storms was sourced from unisys.com and formed the basis of the assessment. There were
various periods examined 1851
- 1928 & 1929 - 2008 for the Atlantic, 1949 - 2008 for the east
Pacific and 1946 - 2009 for the west Pacific.
What
is the 9/56 year cycle? It consists of a grid with intervals of 9 years
horizontally and 56 years vertically, in which events occur preferentially.
This phenomenon arises directly from Moon Sun
tidal effects, as any key events falling preferentially in a 9/56 year
pattern correlates very closely with Moon Sun cycles. The 56 year
sequences have been numbered, with 1761, 1817, 1873, 1929, 1985 being
designated Sequence 01.
Atlantic
Hurricanes
1851 to 1928. The complete 9/56 year grid in Table 1 was divided
into four quarter segments of 14 56 year sequences each.
These quarter sectors have been labeled Grid A, B, C & D.
Interestingly, Grid D contained 12 of the total 27 Category 4
& 5 events (marginally significant p < .05).
No significance was produced if Category 3 hurricanes were included in the assessment (see
Appendix 2).
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Table 1
THE COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR CYCLE: 1851 – 1928
ATLANTIC HURRICANES Category 4 & 5
|
|
GRID
A
|
|
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
Sq
01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1855
|
1864
|
1873
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1857
|
1866
|
1875
|
1884
|
1893
|
1902
|
1911
|
1920
|
1929
|
|
1868
|
1877
|
1886
|
1895
|
1904
|
1913
|
1922
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1924
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
B
|
|
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19 |
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
Sq
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1851
|
1860
|
1869
|
1878
|
1887
|
|
1826
|
1835
|
1844
|
1853
|
1862
|
1871
|
1880
**
|
1889
|
1898
|
1907
|
1916
|
1925
|
|
|
|
1882
|
1891
|
1900
|
1909
|
1918
|
1927
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
C
|
|
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
Sq
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1856
|
1865
|
1874
|
1883
|
1892
|
1901
|
|
1840
|
1849
|
1858
|
1867
|
1876
|
1885
|
1894
|
1903
|
1912
|
1921
|
|
|
|
|
|
1896
|
1905
|
1914
|
1923
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
D
|
|
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
Sq
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1859 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1852
|
1861
|
1870
|
1879
|
1888
|
1897
|
1906
|
1915
**
|
|
1854
|
1863
|
1872
|
1881
|
1890
|
1899
|
1908
|
1917
|
1926
****
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1910
|
1919
|
1928
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Source
of Raw Data: UNISYS
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1929
to 2008. Table
2 contains the major hurricanes (Category 5 only) recorded in the Atlantic
Ocean during 1929 - 2008. The complete 9/56 year grid was again divided
into equal four quarter sectors each of 14 56 year sequences. This produced a very
similar pattern as presented in Table 1, with only a slight variation (ie:
Grids A, B, C & D in Table 1 closely correspond to Grids E, F, G
& H respectively in Table 2). Amazingly, Grid E contained 16 events
(Category
5) of a
total 30 (significant p < .001).
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Table
2
THE COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR
CYCLE:
1929 - 2008
NORTH ATLANTIC
HURRICANES Category 5
|
| GRID
E |
|
|
Sq
43
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1931
|
1940
|
1949
|
1958
*
|
1967
|
1976
|
|
|
|
1933
|
1942
|
1951
|
1960
**
|
1969
|
1978
|
1987
|
1996
|
2005
****
|
2014
|
|
|
|
1971
|
1980
|
1989
|
1998
|
2007
**
|
2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
F |
|
|
Sq
01
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19
|
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1934
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1936
|
1945
|
1954
|
1963
|
1972
|
1981
|
1990
|
|
1929
|
1938
|
1947
|
1956
|
1965
|
1974
|
1983
|
1992
|
2001
|
2010
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
1985
|
1994
|
2003
|
2012
|
2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID G
|
|
|
Sq
15
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930
|
1939
|
1948
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1932
|
1941
|
1950
|
1959
|
1968
|
1977
|
1986
|
1995
|
2004
|
|
1943
|
1952
|
1961
**
|
1970
|
1979
|
1988
|
1997
|
2006
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
2008
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID H
|
|
|
Sq
29
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1935
|
1944
|
1953
|
1962
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937
|
1946
|
1955
|
1964
|
1973
|
1982
|
1991
|
2000
|
2009
|
|
|
1957
|
1966
|
1975
|
1984
|
1993
|
2002
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Source
of Raw Data: UNISYS
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A combination of Categories 4 & 5 hurricanes were also considered and have
been presented in Appendix 3. Grid G contained 39 severe weather extremes
(Categories 4 & 5), where as 26.5 would have been expected by chance
(significant p < .01). Additionally, there were a total of 76 Category 4 hurricanes
experienced during 1929 - 2008, of which 31 happened in Grid G (significant p < .01).
Strangely, Category 5 hurricanes were most likely to happen in Grid E and
Category 4 hurricanes in Grid G.
East
Pacific Hurricanes 1949 -
2008. UNISYS
presented raw data on east Pacific hurricanes for the post 1949 era and
this was used to assess the possibility of a 9/56 year cycle (see Table 3).
Most notably, 40 major hurricanes of Categories 4 & 5 occurred in Grid K,
which was significant (p < .01).
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Table
3
THE COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR
CYCLE:
1949 - 2008
EAST
PACIFIC
HURRICANES Categories 4 & 5
|
| Grid
I |
|
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
Sq
01
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19
|
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1956
|
1965
|
1974
*
|
|
|
|
1931
|
1940
|
1949
|
1958
|
1967
*
|
1976
****
|
1985
***
|
1994
****
*
|
2003
|
2012
|
2021
|
|
|
1969
|
1978
****
*
|
1987
**
|
1996
*
|
2005
*
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid J
|
|
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
Sq
15
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1943
|
1952
|
1961
|
1970
|
1979
**
|
1988
**
|
|
|
1936
|
1945
|
1954
|
1963
|
1972
*
|
1981
|
1990
****
|
1999
*
|
2008
*
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
1983
****
*
|
1992
****
***
|
2001
**
|
2010
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid K
|
|
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
Sq
29
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930
|
1939
|
1948
|
1957
*
|
1966
|
1975
**
|
1984
****
|
1993
****
***
|
2002
****
|
|
1941
|
1950
|
1959
***
|
1968
|
1977
|
1986
***
|
1995
***
|
2004
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997
****
****
|
2006
***
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid L
|
|
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
Sq
43
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1951
|
1960
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1953
|
1962
|
1971
*
|
1980
*
|
1989
**
|
1998
***
|
2007
*
|
2016
|
|
1955
|
1964
|
1973
***
|
1982
*
|
1991
**
|
2000
*
|
2009
***
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source
of Raw Data:
UNISYS
|
West Pacific Typhoons (Northern
Hemisphere)
1945 - 2007. Category 5 typhoons in
the west Pacific were also assessed in relation to the 9/56 year cycle
(see Table 4). 54 events occurred in 14 56 year sequences in Grid C
(marginally significant
p < .05).
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Table
4
THE
COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR CYCLE:
1945 - 2009
WEST
PACIFIC TYPHOONS Category 5
|
|
Grid
A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
Sq
01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1949
|
1958
****
***
|
1967
*** *
|
1976
*
|
1985
|
|
|
|
1951
*
|
1960
|
1969
**
|
1978
*
|
1987
****
|
1996
****
|
2005
**
|
2014
|
2023
|
|
|
|
1980
*
|
1989
****
*
|
1998
*
|
2007
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid
B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19
|
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
Sq
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1945
|
1954
****
|
1963
**
|
1972
*
|
1981
*
|
1990
****
|
1999
*
|
|
1947
|
1956
***
|
1965
****
****
|
1974
**
|
1983
**
|
1992
***
|
2001
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994
*
|
2003
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid
C
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
Sq
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1948
|
1957
****
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950
|
1959
****
**
|
1968
****
|
1977
|
1986
**
|
1995
***
|
2004
****
|
2013
|
|
1952
****
*
|
1961
****
*
|
1970
****
|
1979
**
|
1988
*
|
1997
****
****
***
|
2006
***
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grid
D
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
Sq
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1953
****
|
1962
****
*
|
1971
****
*
|
|
|
|
|
1946
|
1955
**
|
1964
****
*
|
1973
*
|
1982
**
|
1991
***
|
2000
***
|
|
|
|
|
1966
**
|
1975
*
|
1984
*
|
1993
*
|
2002
***
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source
of Raw Data:
UNISYS
|
Lunar Tidal Effects
The
obvious question arises - what activates the 9/56 year hurricane cycle?
Moon Sun tidal cycles are
hypothesised to produce the 9/56 year timing in hurricane and typhoon formation. The
Moon, Sun and lunar north node repeat the angles 0o
and 180o to within
one degree every 9.0 and 56.0 solar years (David
McMinn), which represents
an amazing alignment of several Moon Sun cycles based on the first and
second harmonics. The 9.0 year cycle is equivalent to a Saros cycle (223
synodic months) divided by 2,
where as the 56 year cycle is derived by dividing the 112 year eclipse cycle by
two (692.5 synodic months). Both the 18 year Saros and the 112 year eclipse cycle were listed by Robert
van Gent in his extensive coverage of Moon Sun eclipse cycles. The Moon and Sun
are hypothesised to strongly determine the timing of extreme
weather events is not too outlandish, as numerous academic papers have
been published on Moon Sun tidal influences in
weather patterns (refs).
Lunar North Node. Any events falling with significance in a 9/56
year pattern will always have the north (ascending) node sited in two
sectors approximately opposite in the ecliptical circle WITH NO
EXCEPTIONS. This will apply
to the extreme weather events happening in the various grids discussed in this paper. The lunar nodes are strongly associated with Moon Sun
tidal effects and, by inference, these forces may help explain why
Atlantic hurricanes fall asymmetrically in 9/56 year
patterns.
All
years in Grid A Table 1 & 4 had the lunar north node (on July 1) sited within two ranges approximately opposite in the ecliptical
circle (see Diagram 1). There were no exceptions to this finding.
Diagram
1 LUNAR NORTH NODE ECLIPTICAL POSITION (a)

(a)
This diagram gives the ecliptical position of the north node (as on July
1)
for all years in Grid A Tables 1 & 4.
Source: David McMinn.
NB:
The lunar (ascending) nodes are imaginary points in the heavens where the plane of the
Earth’s orbit around the Sun (the ecliptic) is cut the plane of the
Moon’s orbit around the Earth. The north (ascending) node occurs where
the Moon crosses the ecliptic from south to north.
Apogee
is
the point (given in ecliptical degrees) in the lunar orbit, where the Moon
is the greatest distance from Earth, while perigee is the least distance.
In the lunar apse cycle, the apogee – perigee axis (apsides) rotates
counter clockwise around the ecliptical circle, with apogee passing from
spring equinox to spring equinox every 8.8474 tropical years. The apsides
axis is very important in oceanic tides on Earth. When the full/new Moon
is at apogee, the amplitude of tides in New York Harbor is 50% lower than
when the full/new Moon is at perigee. Apogee could be expected to play a
key role in any Moon Sun tidal effect influencing the timing of Atlantic
hurricanes.
Apogee takes 5.995 tropical years to complete one cycle north node to
north node. The 18.0 year Saros eclipse cycle divided by 6 produced the
integral number three and the 9 year Half Saros divided by 6 gave 1.5 (one
plus a half). The 56 year cycle divided by 6 gave 9.3333 tropical years (9
plus one third). Additionally, 9.0 divided by the 8.8474 year apse cycle
yielded 1.02 and 56.0 divided by the apse cycle gave 6.33 (6 plus one
third). For apogee, there was an emphasis on the 1st,
2nd and 3rd
harmonics in the 9/56 year grid and this could be expected to show up in
tidal cycles.
Conclusions
There were several samples and time frames assessed - 1851 - 1928 (Atlantic Ocean - Categories 4 & 5),
1929 - 2008 (Atlantic
Ocean - Categories 4 & 5), 1945 - 2008 (east Pacific - Categories 4 & 5)
and west Pacific (Categories 5). They all yielded significance for quarter
sectors of the complete 9/56 year grid. Only hurricanes in the Atlantic had raw data going back to the mid 19th
century and were the only extreme storms that could be assessed over the
very long term. Why there was a sudden shift in 9/56 year patterns for
Atlantic hurricanes around 1929
remains enigmatic, although presumably it had something to do with Moon
Sun tidal effects. For
the 1929 - 2008 period, both hurricane Categories 4 & 5 yielded significance in
relation to 9/56 year timing. Similarly,
east Pacific hurricanes also produced significance as they tended to
occur in one quarter of the 9/56 year grid (significance p < .01).
There
are four main influences determining the frequency of hurricanes in a given
year.
* Sunspots. During the peak of the 11 year sunspot cycle,
the higher solar activity results in warmer temperatures on the Earth's
surface which feeds the formation of hurricanes.
* Moon Sun cycles. This effect is supported by the
findings of this paper and is probably stronger than previously appreciated
within traditional meteorology.
* Volcanic eruptions can spew so much ash into the upper
atmosphere that the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth is reduced,
resulting in lower surface temperatures and thus fewer major
hurricanes.
* Global warming. The greenhouse effect shows up in the
frequency of Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes over the long term. Between 1851
and 1920 no Category 5 hurricanes occurred, but in the 2000's alone 8 were
experienced.
Interestingly, the timing of hurricanes tended to cluster within one of
the quarter segments of the complete 9/56 year cycle. This applied to the Atlantic, as well as the east and west Pacific of the
northern hemisphere. The
findings imply that Moon Sun tidal effects may be a prime driver in the timing of
extreme weather events. However, a few good correlates do not make a
theory and much additional
research is required before a 9/56 year hurricane cycle can be fully
supported.
Copyright
© All rights reserved. David McMinn. 2010.
Reference
UNISYS
Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking By Year. http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/index.html
van Gent, Robert. A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles.
http://www.phys.uu.nl~vgent/calendar/eclipsecycles.htm
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Appendix
1
ATLANTIC HURRICANES: 1851 – 1928
Categories 4 & 5
|
|
Year
|
Active
|
Rank
in the year
(a)
|
Category
|
|
1853
|
Aug
30 – Sep 10
|
H
#
|
4
|
|
1856
|
Aug
19 – Sep 12
|
1
|
4
|
|
1866
|
Sep
24 – Oct 05
|
6
|
4
|
|
1878
|
Sep
24 – Oct 08
|
7
|
4
|
|
1880
|
Aug
01 – Aug 14
Sep 27 – Oct 04
|
2
8
|
4
4
|
|
1882
|
Oct
05 – Oct 15
|
6
|
4
|
|
1886
|
Aug
12 – Aug 21
|
5
|
4
|
|
1893
|
Sep
27 – Oct 05
|
10
|
4
|
|
1894
|
Oct
11 – Oct 20
|
6
|
4
|
|
1898
|
Sep
25 – Oct 06
|
7
|
4
|
|
1899
|
Aug
03 – Sep 04
|
3
|
4
|
|
1900
|
Aug
27 – Sep 15
|
1
|
4
|
|
1906
|
Aug
25 – Sep 12
|
4
|
4
|
|
1910
|
Oct
09 – Oct 23
|
5
|
4
|
|
1915
|
Aug
05 – Aug 23
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
20 – Oct 01
|
6
|
4
|
|
1916
|
Aug
12 – Aug 20
|
6
|
4
|
|
1917
|
Sep
20 - Sep 30
|
4
|
4
|
|
1919
|
Sep
02 – Sep 30
|
4
|
4
|
|
1921
|
Oct
20 – Oct 30
|
2
|
4
|
|
1924
|
Oct
14 – Oct 23
|
10
|
5
|
|
1926
|
Jul
22 – Aug 02
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
02 – Sep 24
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
11 – Sep 11
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
14 – Oct 24
|
10
|
4
|
|
1928
|
Sep
06 – Sep 20
|
4
|
5
|
|
ATLANTIC HURRICANES: 1929 – 2008
Categories 4 & 5 |
|
1929
|
Sep
22 – Oct 04
|
2
|
4
|
|
1930
|
Aug
31 – Sep 17
|
2
|
4
|
|
1932
|
Aug
12 – Aug 15
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
30 – Sep 13
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Oct
30 – Nov 14
|
10
|
4
|
|
1933
|
Aug
31 – Sep 07
|
12
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
01 – Oct 09
|
18
|
4
|
|
1935
|
Aug
29 – Sep 10
|
2
|
5
|
|
1938
|
Sep
10 – Sep 22
|
4
|
5
|
|
1939
|
Oct
12 – Oct 18
|
4
|
4
|
|
1943
|
Aug
19 – Aug 27
|
3
|
4
|
|
1944
|
Sep
09 – Sep 16
|
7
|
4
|
|
1945
|
Aug
24 – Aug 29
|
5
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
12 – Sep 20
|
9
|
4
|
|
1946
|
Oct
05 – Oct 14
|
5
|
4
|
|
1947
|
Sep
04 – Sep 21
|
4
|
5
|
|
1948
|
Sep
04 – Sep 16
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
03 – Oct 16
|
8
|
4
|
|
1949
|
Aug
23 – Aug 31
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
27 – Oct 06
|
10
|
4
|
|
1950
|
Aug
12 – Aug 22
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
30 – Sep 17
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
08 – Sep 17
|
6
|
4
|
|
1951
|
Aug
12 – Aug 23
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
02 – Sep 13
|
5
|
5
|
|
1952
|
Oct
20 – Oct 28
|
7
|
4
|
|
1953
|
Aug
28 – Sep 09
|
4
|
4
|
|
1954
|
Oct
05 – Oct 18
|
9
|
4
|
|
1955
|
Aug
03 – Aug 15
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
21 – Sep 30
|
10
|
5
|
|
1956
|
Oct
30 – Nov 07
|
8
|
4
|
|
1957
|
Jun
25 – Jun 29
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
02 – Sep 24
|
4
|
4
|
|
1958
|
Aug
11 – Aug 22
|
3
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
21 – Oct 04
|
8
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
24 – Sep 30
|
9
|
4
|
|
1959
|
Sep
20 - Oct 02
|
8
|
4
|
|
1960
|
Aug
29 - Sep 14
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
14 – Sep 17
|
6
|
5
|
|
1961
|
Sep
02 - Sep 12
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
03 – Sep 16
|
3
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
10 - Sep 27
|
5
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
27 – Nov 01
|
9
|
5
|
|
1963
|
Sep
26 - Oct 13
|
7
|
4
|
|
1964
|
20
Aug - Sep 05
|
5
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
28 - Sep 16
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
13 - Sep 25
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
28 - Oct 05
|
10
|
4
|
|
1965
|
Aug
27 - Sep 13
|
3
|
4
|
|
1966
|
Sep
21 - Oct 11
|
3
|
4
|
|
1967
|
Sep
05 – Sep 22
|
2
|
5
|
|
1969
|
Aug
14 – Aug 22
|
3
|
5
|
|
1971
|
Sep
05 – Sep 18
|
6
|
5
|
|
1974
|
Aug
29 - Sep 10
|
6
|
4
|
|
1975
|
Sep
22 - Oct 04
|
7
|
4
|
|
1977
|
Aug
29 – Sep 03
|
1
|
5
|
|
1978
|
Aug
30 - Sep 05
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
13 - Sep 20
|
8
|
4
|
|
1979
|
Aug
25 – Sep 08
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Aug
29 - Sep 15
|
6
|
4
|
|
1980
|
Jul
31 – Aug 11
|
1
|
5
|
|
1981
|
Sep
11 - Sep 20
|
8
|
4
|
|
1982
|
Sep 13 - Sep 20
|
5
|
4
|
|
1984
|
Sep 08 - Sep 16
|
5
|
4
|
|
1985
|
Sep 16 - Oct 02
|
7
|
4
|
|
1988
|
Sep
08 – Sep 20
|
8
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
13 - Sep 30
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
Oct 10 - Oct 23
|
11
|
4
|
|
1989
|
Aug
30 - Sep 13
|
7
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
10 – Sep 25
|
8
|
5
|
|
1991
|
Sep
04 - Sep 13
|
3
|
4
|
|
1992
|
Aug
16 – Aug 28
|
2
|
5
|
|
1995
|
Aug
08 - Aug 25
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
27 - Sep 12
|
12
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
27 - Oct 06
|
15
|
4
|
|
1996
|
Aug
19 - Sep 06
|
5
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
08 - Sep 16
|
8
|
4
|
|
1998
|
Sep
15 - Oct 01
|
7
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
22 – Nov 09
|
13
|
5
|
|
1999
|
Aug
18 - Aug 25
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
19 - Aug 31
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
07 - Sep 19
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
11 - Sep 23
|
7
|
4
|
|
|
Nov
13 - Nov 23
|
12
|
4
|
|
2000
|
Sep
21 - Oct 04
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
28 - Oct 06
|
11
|
4
|
|
2001
|
Oct
04 - Oct 09
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
Oct
29 - Nov 06
|
13
|
4
|
|
2002
|
Sep
21 - Oct 04
|
12
|
4
|
|
2003
|
Aug 27 - Sep 09
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Sep 06 - Sep 20
|
9
|
5
|
|
2004
|
Aug
09 - Aug 15
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
Aug
25 - Sep 10
|
6
|
4
|
|
|
Sep
02 – Sep 24
|
9
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
11 - Sep 28
|
11
|
4
|
|
2005
|
Jul
04 - Jul 18
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
Jul
11 – Jul 21
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
Aug
23 – Aug 31
|
11
|
5
|
|
|
Sep
18 – Sep 26
|
17
|
5
|
|
|
Oct
15 – Oct 26
|
22
|
5
|
|
2007
|
Aug
13 – Aug 23
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
Aug
31 – Sep 06
|
6
|
5
|
|
2008
|
Aug
25 - Sep 05
|
7
|
4
|
|
|
Sep 01 - Sep 15
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
Oct 13 - Oct 21
|
15
|
4
|
|
|
Nov 05 - Nov 14
|
16
|
4
|
|
(a)
In a given year, the first hurricane of the season is numbered
1, the second 2, the third 3, the fourth 4, etc etc.
Source
of Raw Data:
UNISYS
Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking By Year.
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/index.html
|
|
Appendix
2
THE COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR CYCLE: 1851 – 1928
ATLANTIC HURRICANES Category 3,
4 & 5
|
|
GRID
A
|
|
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
Sq
01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1855
*
|
1864
|
1873
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1857
|
1866
*
|
1875
*
|
1884
*
|
1893
*
***
|
1902
|
1911
|
1920
|
|
|
1868
|
1877
*
|
1886
*
***
|
1895
|
1904
|
1913
|
1922
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1924
*
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
B
|
|
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19 |
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
Sq
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1851
*
|
1860
*
|
1869
*
|
1878
*
*
|
1887
**
|
|
1826
|
1835
|
1844
|
1853
*
*
|
1862
|
1871
**
|
1880
**
|
1889
|
1898
*
|
1907
|
1916
*
****
|
1925
|
|
|
|
1882
*
*
|
1891
*
|
1900
*
*
|
1909
****
|
1918
*
|
1927
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
C
|
|
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
Sq
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1856
*
*
|
1865
|
1874
|
1883
**
|
1892
|
1901
|
|
1840
|
1849
|
1858
|
1867
|
1876
**
|
1885
*
|
1894
*
***
|
1903
*
|
1912
*
|
1921
*
*
|
1930
|
1939
|
1948
|
1957
|
|
1896
**
|
1905
*
|
1914
|
1923
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
D
|
|
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
Sq
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1859
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1852
*
|
1861
|
1870
****
|
1879
**
|
1888
**
|
1897
|
1906
*
*
|
1915
**
*
|
|
1854
*
|
1863
|
1872
|
1881
|
1890
*
|
1899
*
*
|
1908
|
1917
*
*
|
1926
****
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1910
*
|
1919
*
|
1928
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source
of Raw Data:
UNISYS
|
|
Appendix
3
THE COMPLETE 9/56 YEAR
CYCLE:
1929 - 2008
ATLANTIC
HURRICANES Categories 4 & 5
|
| GRID
E |
|
|
Sq
43
|
Sq
52
|
Sq
05
|
Sq
14
|
Sq
23
|
Sq
32
|
Sq
41
|
Sq
50
|
Sq
03
|
Sq
12
|
Sq
21
|
Sq
30
|
Sq
39
|
Sq
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1931
|
1940
|
1949
**
|
1958
*
**
|
1967
*
|
1976
|
|
|
|
1933
**
|
1942
|
1951
*
*
|
1960
**
|
1969
*
|
1978
**
|
1987
|
1996
**
|
2005
****
*
|
2014
|
|
|
|
1971
*
|
1980
*
|
1989
*
*
|
1998
*
*
|
2007
**
|
2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID
F |
|
|
Sq
01
|
Sq
10
|
Sq
19
|
Sq
28
|
Sq
37
|
Sq
46
|
Sq
55
|
Sq
08
|
Sq
17
|
Sq
26
|
Sq
35
|
Sq
44
|
Sq
53
|
Sq
06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1934
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1936
|
1945
**
|
1954
*
|
1963
*
|
1972
|
1981
*
|
1990
|
|
1929
*
|
1938
*
|
1947
*
|
1956
*
|
1965
*
|
1974
*
|
1983
|
1992
*
|
2001
**
|
2010
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
1985
*
|
1994
|
2003
*
*
|
2012
|
2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID G
|
|
|
Sq
15
|
Sq
24
|
Sq
33
|
Sq
42
|
Sq
51
|
Sq
04
|
Sq
13
|
Sq
22
|
Sq
31
|
Sq
40
|
Sq
49
|
Sq
02
|
Sq
11
|
Sq
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930
*
|
1939
*
|
1948
**
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1932
*
**
|
1941
|
1950
*
**
|
1959
*
|
1968
|
1977
*
|
1986
|
1995
***
|
2004
*
***
|
|
1943
*
|
1952
*
|
1961
**
**
|
1970
|
1979
*
*
|
1988
*
**
|
1997
|
2006
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
*****
|
2008
****
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRID H
|
|
|
Sq
29
|
Sq
38
|
Sq
47
|
Sq
56
|
Sq
09
|
Sq
18
|
Sq
27
|
Sq
36
|
Sq
45
|
Sq
54
|
Sq
07
|
Sq
16
|
Sq
25
|
Sq
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1935
*
|
1944
*
|
1953
*
|
1962
|
|
|
|
|
|
1937
|
1946
*
|
1955
*
*
|
1964
****
|
1973
|
1982
*
|
1991
*
|
2000
**
|
2009
|
|
|
1957
**
|
1966
*
|
1975
*
|
1984
*
|
1993
|
2002
*
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source
of Raw Data:
UNISYS
|
|