Well not argue but we've had 5 storms...Bonnie, Charlie, Francis, Ivan and Jeane.
Texas "114 years ago" had 2 Cat.2's, Cat.4 and a Cat.1.
Florida this year: 1 strong tropical storm, 2 Cat.4's, 1 Cat.3 and 1 Cat.2.
If this were poker, I'd say this is an unprecedented year.
How could anybody know? The US only started keeping records in the late nineteenth century. 1886 was only 118 years ago. That's just a about half of a millionth of the time the Atlantic ocean has existed.