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TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
100 AM HST SAT DEC 1 2012
FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180
...THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR WITH ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...
THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM DANIEL...IN THE
CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE OFFICIAL 2012 HURRICANE SEASON...
WHICH ENDED FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30.
THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR WITH ONLY 1 TROPICAL
CYCLONE IN THE CPHC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. IN ADDITION...NONE OF
THESE 3 TROPICAL SYSTEMS REACHED HURRICANE INTENSITY. THE ONLY OTHER
THREE YEAR PERIOD SINCE 1966 THAT HAD A SIMILAR SPARSE NUMBER OF
TROPICAL CYCLONES WAS WHEN A TOTAL OF 4 OCCURRED DURING THE YEARS
1979...1980 AND 1981...WHEN 0...2 AND 2...RESPECTIVELY...WERE
OBSERVED. HOWEVER...EVEN DURING THIS PREVIOUS THREE YEAR PERIOD WITH
LOW NUMBERS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES...ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WAS A
HURRICANE...WHICH WAS KAY OF 1980.
FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BELIEVE THIS RECENT TREND OF MEAGER CENTRAL
NORTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONE NUMBERS JUSTIFIES NOT PREPARING FOR
FUTURE TROPICAL STORMS OR HURRICANES...NOTE THAT FOLLOWING THE YEARS
1979 TO 1981...THE 1982 CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON HAD A
TOTAL OF 10 TROPICAL CYCLONES...INCLUDING 4 HURRICANES. IN FACT...
ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WAS HURRICANE IWA WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE
MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN NOVEMBER 1982. THIS HURRICANE RESULTED IN 4
DEATHS AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION ON THE ISLANDS OF OAHU...
KAUAI AND NIIHAU. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED DURING IWA...WHICH LEFT AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
SUMMARY TABLE FOR THE 2012 CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON
NAME DATES MAX WIND /MPH/
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TS DANIEL 11 JUL 40
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE CPHC WEB SITE AT...
WEATHER.GOV/CPHC
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