Tropical Cyclones

Web Dropin #3

Introduction:

A “tropical cyclone” is a broad category of storm systems encompassing hurricanes, typhoons, and other strong storms. It is important to know what times of year tropical cyclones are likely to occur, so that you can protect yourself if you live in or are traveling to an area with a high frequency of these storms.

Activity:

Go to this website that has a chart of all of the tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean region from 1981-2000, broken down by month. Answer the following questions.

1. In what year was there the most tropical cyclones?

2. Calculate the average number of storms from 1981-2000 for each month.

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

3. What percent of the cyclones occurred in the month of July? What percent occurred in the year 2000?

4. What would be the worst month to travel to a place in the North Atlantic Ocean region that experiences a lot of storms?