Phase vs Phase, 1950-2025 (ONI coverage)
ENSO Laboratory
Head-to-head comparison of the three ENSO phases across every hurricane season from 1950 to 2025. Raw counts alone mislead when the phases occur unequally often, so each column also shows how many total seasons that phase produced, and the share that brought Florida a hurricane. Storms before 1950 predate the ONI record and are listed in the Timeline without a phase.
El Nino
22 seasons in phase
La Nina
18 seasons in phase
Neutral
36 seasons in phase
Approach side is derived from the HURDAT2 track by a documented heuristic, not a NOAA-published field; see the methodology.
Storms Behind the Numbers
22 storms match.
| Season | Storm | ENSO | FL Month | Regions | Approach | Peak Cat | Min P (mb) | Landfall | Join |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Milton | Neutral | Oct | SW2 SE1 | gulf | 5 | 895 | yes | name_match |
| 2024 | Helene | Neutral | Sep | NW4 | gulf | 4 | 939 | yes | name_match |
| 2024 | Debby | Neutral | Aug | NW1 | gulf | 1 | 979 | yes | name_match |
| 2017 | Irma | Neutral | Sep | SW4 SE1 | atlantic | 5 | 914 | yes | name_match |
| 2016 | Matthew | Neutral | Oct | NE2 | atlantic | 5 | 934 | no | name_match |
| 2016 | Hermine | Neutral | Sep | NW1 | gulf | 1 | 981 | yes | name_match |
| 2005 | Wilma | Neutral | Oct | SW3 SE2 | gulf | 5 | 882 | yes | name_match |
| 2005 | Rita | Neutral | Sep | SW1 | gulf | 5 | 895 | no | name_match |
| 2005 | Katrina | Neutral | Aug | SE1 SW1 | atlantic | 5 | 902 | yes | name_match |
| 2005 | Dennis | Neutral | Jul | NW3 | gulf | 4 | 930 | yes | name_match |
| 1992 | Andrew | Neutral | Aug | SE5 SW4 | atlantic | 5 | 922 | yes | name_match |
| 1985 | Kate | Neutral | Nov | NW2 | gulf | 3 | 954 | yes | name_match |
| 1985 | Elena | Neutral | Sep | NW3 | gulf | 3 | 953 | no | name_match |
| 1979 | David | Neutral | Sep | SE2 NE2 | atlantic | 5 | 924 | no | name_match |
| 1968 | Gladys | Neutral | Oct | NW2 NE1 | gulf | 2 | 977 | yes | name_match |
| 1966 | Inez | Neutral | Oct | SW2 SE2 | atlantic | 5 | 927 | yes | name_match |
| 1966 | Alma | Neutral | Jun | SW2 NW1 | gulf | 3 | 970 | yes | name_match |
| 1960 | Donna | Neutral | Sep | SW4 SE4 NE1 | atlantic | 4 | 930 | yes | name_match |
| 1956 | Flossy | Neutral | Sep | NW1 | gulf | 1 | 974 | yes | name_match |
| 1950 | King | Neutral | Oct | SE4 NE1 | atlantic | 4 | 955 | yes | name_match |
| 1950 | Easy | Neutral | Sep | NW3 SW1 | gulf | 3 | 960 | yes | name_match |
| 1950 | Baker | Neutral | Aug | NW1 | gulf | 2 | 979 | no | name_match |
The export carries every column above plus join confidence, pressure differences, and provenance fields, so the numbers can be verified independently.