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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2011

TABLE 4.4    

FREQUENCY AND TOTAL DURATION OF DISPLAY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS : 1956-2011

Year Signals Total duration
1 3 8 NW 8 SW 8 NE 8 SE 9 10
  h
min
1956 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
191
25
1957 4 9 1 1 2 2 0 1
295
45
1958 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
214
5
1959 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
36
35
1960 11 7 0 2 2 2 1 1
432
35
1961 6 7 1 2 1 0 1 1
192
55
1962 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
158
10
1963 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
175
50
1964 11 14 1 3 5 3 3 2
570
15
1965 7 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
239
40
1966 6 5 0 0 2 2 0 0
284
40
1967 8 6 0 0 2 1 0 0
339
10
1968 7 7 0 1 1 0 1 1
290
10
1969 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
110
15
1970 6 8 2 1 2 0 0 0
286
45
1971 9 10 1 3 2 2 1 1
323
25
1972 8 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
288
20
1973 8 6 1 1 1 0 1 0
416
50
1974 12 10 0 0 2 1 1 0
525
20
1975 8 6 1 0 0 1 1 1
292
20
1976 6 6 0 0 1 2 0 0
351
30
1977 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
395
10
1978 8 9 1 1 3 2 0 0
462
10
1979 5 5 1 0 2 2 1 1
281
15
1980 10 8 0 0 1 1 0 0
414
5
1981 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
202
20
1982 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
247
35
1983 8 7 0 1 2 2 1 1
289
42
1984 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
280
2
1985 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0
193
35
1986 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 0
305
0
1987 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
165
45
1988 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
204
10
1989 7 8 0 0 2 2 0 0
306
10
1990 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
245
10
1991 8 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
349
55
1992 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
167
5
1993 8 9 0 0 2 4 0 0
325
40
1994 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
138
10
1995 8 6 2 2 1 1 0 0
348 
50
1996 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
189
0
1997 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 0
97
30
1998 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
188
35
1999 10 13 4 3 2 0 2 1
520
0
2000 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
329
5
2001 6 6 1 1 2 1 0 0
253
35
2002 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
144
25
2003 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 0
158
0
2004 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
77
35
2005 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
142
45
2006 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
317
50
2007
4
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
86
50
2008
8
9
2
2
3
2
1
0
347
0
2009
13
9
1
1
1
2
1
0
255
30
2010
8
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
220
0
2011
8
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
213
0
Total 366
310
23
31
58
45
19
12
14878
29
Mean
6.5
5.5
0.4
0.6
1.0
0.8
0.3
0.2
265
41

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