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I was under the impression that the number of hurricanes that made landfall had been increasing in recent decades, but the bottom chart suggests it’s about constant. Maybe it’s just the total number of storms then?
I came across this, which shows the actual trend line for hurricanes including those that did not make landfall - https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/historical-atlantic-hurricane-and-tropical-storm-records/
It might be more that the category of storms is increasing (due to warmer waters), which isn't reflected in that chart
I was under the same impression, but it might just be that storms are getting more intense, and therefore we remember more of them in recent times.