This is an interesting article on the frequency of hurricanes, using data that goes up through about 2012:
http://www.hurricanescience.org/science/science/climate/longtermrecordsofhurricaneactivity/
It is not at all a ‘climate denier’ site. They even cite the standard global temperature increase data that all global warming advocates cite (which uses questionable data)
But then they examine the record of Atlantic hurricanes. They note that a few more small hurricanes have been detected since the 1960s, which would not have been detected before the advent of satellites.
Their conclusions: “One record of hurricane activity that has somewhat more reliability is the number of hurricanes striking the United States going back into the 19th Century. This shows quite pronounced year-to-year variations with as many as 7 hurricane strikes in 1886 and 6 in both 2004 and 2005 and as few as none occurring many years, the most recent being 2009. No significant long term up or down trend is apparent in this record.”
There is NO long term trend in quantity or severity of hurricane strikes.
It is utterly irresponsible and unscientific of news reports to try to blame individual hurricanes on global warming.
Thank you.