landfalling

The last precedent for a La Nina year of the magnitude of 2010 which had no U. S.-landfalling hurricane is 1973. 3.

Is a hurricane shield protecting the U.S. coast? Jason Samenow 2010

Such a sequence last happened between Irene (1999) and Lili (2002) with 22 consecutive non U. S.-landfalling hurricanes, and between Allen (1980) and Alicia (1983) with 17 consecutive non U. S.-landfalling hurricanes.

Is a hurricane shield protecting the U.S. coast? Jason Samenow 2010

Since hurricane Ike (2008) there have been 16 consecutive non US-landfalling hurricanes.

Is a hurricane shield protecting the U.S. coast? Jason Samenow 2010

More generally, just about all weather has some impact, from the inconvenience of carrying an umbrella to the more significant effects of a landfalling hurricane.

Why weather matters 2010

Maybe if we look at total hurricanes, landfalling or not, in more detail:

DHS: Fossil Fuels and Climate Change are ‘National Threats’ | RedState 2010

You always need to be prepared this time of the year, and we could potentially have a landfalling hurricane.

CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2009 2009

Whether it's a landfalling hurricane or global warming.

Sound Politics: Faith-based initiatives 2007

"Thus while we can already detect trends in data for global hurricane activity considering the whole life of each storm, we estimate that it would take at least another 50 years to detect any long-term trend in U.S. landfalling hurricane statistics, so powerful is the role of chance in these numbers."

Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

That 906 millibar pressure reading was at landfall, making Dean the third most intense landfalling hurricane known in the Atlantic region and the first Category 5 storm at landfall since 1992's Hurricane Andrew.

Chris Mooney: What We Can and Can't Say About Global Warming and Hurricane Dean 2008

"Using data extending back to the middle 19th century, we found a gentle decrease in the trend of U.S. landfalling hurricanes when the global ocean is warmed up," Chunzai Wang, a physical oceanographer and climate scientist with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, said in a prepared statement. posted by GayandRight @ 8:02 PM

Global warming should mean fewer hurricanes.... GayandRight 2008