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Since it shows the global distribution, an interesting curiosity: some years ago there was the first and only recorded hurricane in the South Atlantic, named Catarina after it hit my state of Santa Catarina in Brazil.
Since “hurricanes don’t happen in the South Atlantic”, Brazilian meteorologists were sort of ignoring the threat until the USians started calling to warn.
I was wondering about that, there’s a second band between Africa and Australia but nothing in the south Atlantic. What’s up with that?
If I’m not mistaken, something about the geography of South America disrupts the winds in a way that prevents the formation of hurricanes.
I think the Wikipedia page for hurricane Catarina had an explanation?
IMO, infographics belong in one of the “Cool Guides” communities (e.g. [email protected]). “Data is Beautiful” communities are more about individual graphs or charts, and also specifically about ones that present their subject in a particularly appropriate/clever way (as opposed to the data itself being interesting).
This is fair, but trying to kick up some activity on mander. :) Feel free to xpost!
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 and tropical storms, 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.
Fun fact, the spin of a hurricane (or typhoon) is directed by the Coriolis effect - hurricanes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise, while hurricans in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
