Image: 1980- Atlantic region category 4 and 5 hurricanes - NYTimes and NOAA

Description: Vertical bar chart (column chart) of number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic region, beginning in 1980, as published in The New York Times from NOAA data. Source for Version 3 (includes 2023 data for Franklin, Idalia, Lee): Carl, Charlotte (September 15, 2023) "Hurricane Rapid Intensification in the 2023 Hurricane Season", CBS 12 News, Palm Beach, Florida (archive). Source for Version 2 (includes 2022 data, Fiona and Ian): Hurricane Ian Special Summary. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (October 2022). Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. ("with both Ian and Fiona developing during the month of September and attaining Category 4 intensity." Source for Versions 1+: Leonhardt, David; Moses, Claire; Philbrick, Ian Prasad (29 September 2022). "Ian Moves North / Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricanes since 1980". The New York Times. "Source: NOAA - Graphic by Ashley Wu, The New York Times"— Archive thereof: https://web.archive.org/web/20220930003545/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/briefing/hurricane-ian-storm-climate-change.htmlSuggested caption: The 20-year average of the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic region has approximately doubled since the year 2000. Most of the SVG for this chart was automatically generated by the "Vertical bar chart (column chart)" and "Line charts" spreadsheets linked at User:RCraig09/Excel to XML for SVG. Some text was added, and some elements were nudged, and the code was streamllined, manually in a text editor.

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