Will the 2001 - 2010 decade make a run for .... ?

[HURAKAN]

... the most major hurricane strikes in the US in one decade?

Right now the record, not surprisingly, is being held by the 1941 - 1950 decade in which 10 major hurricanes made landfall in the US. Close behind come the 1891 - 1900, 1931 - 1940, and 1951 - 1960 decades with 8 major landfalls each. Now, here are the facts for the 2001 - 2010. So far, we have had 7 major landfalls, which happened between 2004 - 2005. Still, we have 5 more years, or half a decade to go. We are expecting more ferocious seasons to come. Therefore, I think the decade in which we are living right now has a pretty good chance, unfortunately may I add, to win the title as the decade with the most major hurricane landfalls in the continental US.

To verify the facts, you may visit:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml?

LET YOUR OPINION BE COUNTED!

[Audrey2Katrina]

Given the present pattern, I don't see how it won't.

A2K

[StormScanWx]

I would say...

Yes.

Obviously we can't be certain though.

[Jim Cantore]

we wont break it..... we'll destroy it

I see possibly 15 when its all set and done, maybe more

[ROCK]

easily breaks it......in the above ten years, Texas was slammed pretty hard.

[EDR1222]

I would say there is definately a good chance of the record being broken. For a while it looked liked 2005 was going to break the record all on its own !

Not really of course, but 04 and 05 sure did their part.