When compared to the "overblown" 1991-2020 climo (that already consists of mostly active years), 2024 is now above climo in H counts again, only 0.7 below in NS count, and only 0.3 below in MH count. I find NS count to be the most surprising, given heavy attention earlier on how NS count in particular was busting (it was the first thing that was notably falling behind seasonal forecasts). Even more so when you consider that NHC has been more conservative in naming shorties this year, compared to many other years in the climo period.
ACE, NS days and H days are still notably below the 1991-2020 climo. But 90L will likely fix that in a few days.
(Also, the Atlantic is the closest to 1991-2020 climo among all basins in almost every metric. This is despite some impressive storms in the Pacific, such as Gilma, John and Yagi. Both EPAC and WPAC are still at half of climo YTD with the exception of NS counts and possibly NS days.)
