Table 3

PERCENTAGES
IntensityJan-Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tropical Storms 0.1 1.7 6.6 6.2 20.0 35.5 22.9 6.3 0.8
Minor Hurricanes 0.3 0.5 2.6 4.4 21.6 46.0 19.8 4.2 0.6
Intense Hurricanes 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.7 21.9 57.2 16.6 2.3 0.0
Named Storms0.2 1.1 4.5 5.1 20.8 41.5 21.1 5.1 0.6
U.S. Intense Hurricanes
   East Coast 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 67.6 20.6 0.0 0.0
   Gulf Coast 0.0 0.0 5.7 8.6 31.4 51.4 2.9 0.0 0.0

Table 3 Mean monthly occurrence (in percent of total annual) of various categories of Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity (based on duration of individual storms; data from 1886 to 1991) and of U.S. IH strikes (data from 1899 to 1991).