I think the question is posed wrong. How many of the current (since circa
1965) TC would NOT have been detected without satellite. Prior to 1965, the
East Pacific had an average of about 7 TS/Hurricanes detected. Since 1965
it about 16. Does this indicate asignificant increase in TC or an increase
in DETECTION.

(note the numbers are from Memory, please do not post corrections as the
general point still exists)

"Roger Coppock" wrote in message
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The data I used are the best available to me.
The data are from the NOAA web page given at this URL:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/...arandStorm.htm
The number of storms were counted on the yearly
maps provided.

If you have better data for Atlantic Basin huricane numbers,
Mr. Bombast, please post them here. Realize that your
data would have to significantly differ from those i used
in order to change the 1 in 10,000 event calculation.
The data I used are below: