Climate specialist Bjorn Lomborg revealed Sunday that 2022 was the 2nd weakest year for hurricanes in more than forty years (1980-2022) and yet no mainstream media have reported on this.
Lomborg, who acknowledges the reality of climate change while refuting climate alarmism, noted that the drop in extreme weather events like hurricanes does not fit with the reigning apocalyptic reporting on global warming and thus is swept under the rug by mainstream media. [emphasis, links added]
A report this month by Colorado State University shows that globally there were only 115.25 hurricane days in 2022, among the very lowest in the entire satellite era.
By comparison, there were 162.25 hurricane days in 1982, 172.25 in 1986, 199.25 in 1989, 253.75 in 1992, 218.25 in 1996, 216 in 2004, 223.5 in 2018, and 172.25 in 2019.
In the last 42 years, the only year that saw fewer hurricane days than 2022 was 2010, in which there were slightly fewer: 112.
Even considering the absolute number of hurricanes throughout the calendar year, 2022 still figured among the lowest, with only 40. In 1982 there were 46, in 1985 there were 51, in 1989 there were 55, in 1990 there were 58, in 1992 there were 59, and in 1997 there were 58.
As Lomborg points out, global hurricanes in 2022 had the second lowest accumulated energy since 1980, beaten only by 1981. “Despite breathless climate reporting,” he writes, “hurricanes are not getting stronger globally.”
Despite breathless climate reporting:
Hurricanes are 𝗻𝗼𝘁 getting stronger globally
So far, the average energy per hurricane has remained constant in the satellite era
and 2022 was sixth-lowest
Did you see that reported anywhere?https://t.co/ewJID2ICgP pic.twitter.com/z8oMiM0i5K
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) January 29, 2023
One thing that shines as abundantly clear in the Colorado State report is that there is no trend from year to year of an increasing number of hurricanes. The average yearly number is, in fact, remarkably constant.
Lomborg has also demonstrated that the human cost of extreme weather events is also falling year by year, with annual weather-related deaths plummeting by some 96 percent over the past 100 years.
As he cogently argues, “our increased wealth and increased adaptive capacity has vastly overshadowed any potential negative impact from the climate when it comes to human climate vulnerability.”
All of this is a pity, of course, if you are a climate alarmist that would like to see evidence of the hysterical prophecies of a coming climate doomsday.
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There is serious doubt whether TS Nicole ever reached “hurricane” status. I’ve taken this up with the NHC and NWS, but no evidence is forthcoming to clearly demonstrate TS Nicole ever reached hurricane strength.
Shortly after Nicole the NHC put out a preliminary summary of “Hurricane Nicole” showing readings from about 30 recording stations along Florida’s central east coast and three offshore buoys. Only three of the 30 stations recorded even a minimal tropical storm (US standard: sustained winds of 39 mph or more for at least 1 minute; WHO: 39 mph or more for at least 2 minutes!). Just three of the 30 stations showed 39-41 mph maximum sustained winds! Two of the buoys showed the same range readings. Nothing came close to hurricane force winds, including gusts observed!
When I first inquired about this, I was directed to a bulletin stating that hurricane force winds may have been recorded at altitude by a hurricane hunter aircraft! On that basis, Nicole was declared a hurricane!
Clearly, with Nicole coming onshore in the early hours of November 10, the fact that the hurricane season was drawing to a close and there apparently was a push to rack up another “hurricane” in the 2022 season before it ended.
Note that there was severe coastal erosion in areas at and north of Nicole’s landfall (just south of Vero Beach, FL), yet that erosion was basically minimal in penetration… photos showing beachfront homes destroyed showed no wind damage to the area and no damage to homes behind those destroyed along the waterfront. The water damage was caused by a combination of a lunar high tide and 3-4 days of relentless onshore winds well ahead of Nicole’s arrival.
For the record, I live just five miles north of Vero Beach. If a real hurricane had made landfall just south of Vero Beach, we would have experienced the highest winds, being on the north side of a storm that, at that time, was moving primarily east to west, thus adding the storms forward movement (about 15-20 mph at that time) to the sustained winds. Yet we received no significant winds that would justify even a medium to strong tropical storm.
I am convinced from the evidence that Nicole was not a hurricane by any reasonable measure.
Who is surprised that NWS & WHO would lie to jack up numbers. Same with so many other agencies like NOA and NASA adjust temps to make it look like today is hotter than in the 1930s, NIH & FDA jacking up the number of deaths from COVID by lumping in those who died of other causes but tested positive for COVID. And the MSM just echoes what these agencies say. So they all wonder why we have little to no trust in the government and the MSM.
Sorry, WHO should be WMO in second paragraph.
One other point… Vero Beach Airport instruments recorded “eye” passage around 2 am, with winds being from the north at 1 am, virtually calm at 2 am, and from the south at 3 am. Those winds were below TS strength.