Sentences with phrase «hurricane records date»

Although hurricane records date back more than a century, they have been gathered using techniques of varying accuracy, such that it is often hard to compare new data with old.

Not exact matches

Using records dating back to 1855, hurricane researchers say they have uncovered an ongoing rise in the number of Atlantic hurricanes that tracks the increase in sea surface temperature related to climate change.

The article, «Extreme rainfall activity in the Australian tropics reflects changes in the El Niño / Southern Oscillation over the last two millennia,» presents a precisely dated stalagmite record of cave flooding events that are tied to tropical cyclones, which include storms such as hurricanes and typhoons.

The two now have continuous tree - ring hurricane records for parts of the southeast dating back 227 years, from 1770 to 1997.

Brian McNoldy, who studies tropical storms at the University of Miami and now is part of the excellent Washington Post Capital Weather Gang blog, has reported that Hurricane Humberto has finally formed, coming within hours of matching the record set in 2002 for the latest date of first hurricane genesis in the Hurricane Humberto has finally formed, coming within hours of matching the record set in 2002 for the latest date of first hurricane genesis in the hurricane genesis in the Atlantic.

«It's very dangerous to explain Rita or Katrina through global warming, because we have always had strong hurricanes in the USA - the strongest one on record dates back to 1935.»

In a section on how the frequency of hurricanes and cyclones is likely to change, the report cites what's been called a «hurricane drought» — a remarkable gap, «unprecedented in the historical records dating back to the mid-19th century» — in the U.S. being hit by storms category 3 or higher.