Unfortunately, it is difficult to compare recent hurricane activity to that of earlier periods, because the technology for hurricane detection has dramatically improved in recent years. (globalwarmingsolved.com)
Pielke et al., 2008's calculations suggest that there is nothing particularly unusual about recent hurricane activity. (globalwarmingsolved.com)
For a discussion of what can and can not be concluded about possible relationships between recent Hurricane activity and climate change, please see our post on Hurricanes and Global Warming: Is There a Connection?. (realclimate.org)