Guest post by Larry Hamlin
In light of all the climate alarmist hype surrounding Hurricane Helene (and even more Milton-related hype), it seems appropriate to introduce you all to the fourth major hurricane of 1916, the one that preceded Hurricane Helene's visit to Asheville in 2024 Before, the title is shown below, and the WUWT article is here.
NOAA's 1916 Atlantic hurricane season results data are shown below and can be found here.
The 1916 Asheville Major Hurricane is number four on the list, at a time when hurricanes had no names and there were no satellites, hurricane hunter aircraft or long-range weather radar systems to identify and track storms.
In 1916, there were 15 numbered storms in the Atlantic, although it is likely that many more were never observed during the season due to insufficient observations compared to today's available technology.
The map below has been expanded to better show the origin and path of Major Hurricane 4, which started around the middle of the map and has a square with the number 4 identifying the event.
Major Hurricane 4 moved rapidly from July 11 to July 15, moving along the South Carolina coastline and eventually into North Carolina and Tennessee, ending as a tropical storm and depression in the Asheville area.
Colorado State University's Comprehensive Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Activity Data used information from its extensive basin archive database to determine the following relevant information about the 1916 Atlantic hurricane year indicator.
The 1916 Atlantic season had 10 hurricanes, as shown below, while this year's 2024 season has had 9 hurricanes so far.
The 1916 Atlantic season had 5 major hurricanes (shown below), while this year's 2024 season has 4 major hurricanes so far (including Milton).
As of October 7, 2024, the ACE total for the 1916 Atlantic season is 144, as shown below, while the ACE total for the 2024 season is 115.6.
The Atlantic seasonal 30-year average ACE (1991 to 2020) value is 122.5, so 1916 was an above-average ACE hurricane year.
In 1916, three major hurricanes entered the continental United States, and two other hurricanes also struck land, for a total of five inland hurricanes.
In 1916, the most penetrating land attack on the United States was Hurricane 14, which struck from the Gulf of Mexico, entered and passed through Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and finally Illinois, as shown here.
Apparently the 1916 “hurricane” didn't know that “climate change” would be needed in the future for hurricanes to reach the heights of the United States
If politically driven climate alarmist propagandists had emerged some 108 years ago, it seems certain that the 1916 results would have been described as a clear “sign” that hurricanes were becoming more severe due to “climate change.”.
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