Thread: NOAA predicts above normal 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
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Old 18-May-2005, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jpax2003
It seems like they are always predicting an "above normal" season. When does "above normal" stop being "above" and becomes "normal?"
If it works like temperatures and precipitation, after 30 years. Most climatological "normals" are 30-year averages.

I believe I recall reading in that article that the 1990s were below normal, and we've been running above normal since then (but I'm too short on time right now to verify that).
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