Pacific typhoons have trended down since the 1950s

By Kirye

Comprehensive data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reveal the real trends when it comes to Pacific typhoon activity.

Global warming alarmists claim the global climate is becoming harsher due to man made CO2 emissions and, as a result, storm activity and extreme weather are becoming increasingly frequent. A look at the data, however, tells us the opposite is true when it gets down to typhoon activity.

Number of Pacific typhoons annually

What follows is a chart depicting the annual number of typhoons occurring in the Pacific since 1951:

Source JMA

As the chart above shows, the average number of typhoons forming annually in the Pacific has dropped from an average of about 27 in 1951 to about 25 today. This is good news. If climate is connected to CO2, then maybe we should emit more.

Annual Japan landfalling typhoons

The number of typhoons actually hitting Japan each year also hasn’t risen since 1951, as the following chart shows:

Source JMA

In terms of the number of landfalling typhoons, where’s the crisis? There has been no increase.

July typhoons since 1951

Next we examine the number of typhoons formed in the month of July, each year since 1951:

Source JMA

Here above as well we see a modest downward trend. No climate crisis here.

Note how typhoons occurred in July much more often in the 1950s and 1960s. This year, however, we saw an active month of July.

January to July period since 1951

Finally we look at typhoon activity in the Pacific for the January to July period each year:

Source JMA

January to July of this year was about average. More importantly, the annual trend for the period is also one of decline. The weather is not misbehaving more like the alarmists like to claim. In terms of typhoons, the climate has improved.