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What happened to last year’s Atlantic hurricane season?

Natural Climate Patterns June 26, 2014

Last summer, climate conditions were primed to deliver an above-average—possibly very active—hurricane season in the Atlantic. And then...? The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season produced the fewest number of hurricanes since 1982. What happened?