Ordinarily, hurricane activity would have been reduced below normal activity during an El Niño event, so why did the activity reach near-normal levels?
According to the National Weather Service, “The near-normal season mainly reflected the competing influence of El Niño and the ongoing conditions associated with the current active hurricane era that began in 1995.” In other words, while El Niño acted to suppress activity, other climate conditions were more favorable to hurricanes than usual, boosting activity above the below-normal activity expected for El Niño events.
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