e.g from Roy Spencer:
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The 11-Year Major Hurricane Drought: Much More Unusual than Two Cat 4 Strikes
September 21st, 2017 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
Weather.com published an article noting that the two Cat 4 hurricane strikes this year (Harvey and Irma) is a new record. Here’s a nice graphic they used showing both storms at landfall...
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Yet from Wiki there are these recorded cat 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricanes:
You have to be blind in more than one eye to miss these
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2001
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Iris
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October 89
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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948 hPa
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2001
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Michelle
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November 34
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140 mph (220 km/h)
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933 hPa
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2002
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Lili
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October 23
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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938 hPa
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2003
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Fabian
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August 31-September 5
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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939 hPa
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2003
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Isabel
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September 11-14,
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165 mph (270 km/h)
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915 hPa
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2004
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Charley
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August 13
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150 mph (240 km/h)
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941 hPa
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2004
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Frances
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August 28-September 2
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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935 hPa
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2004
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Karl
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September 20-21
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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938 hPa
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2004
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Ivan
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September 9-14
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165 mph (270 km/h)
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910 hPa
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2005
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Dennis
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July 810
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150 mph (240 km/h)
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930 hPa
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2005
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Emily
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July 16,
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160 mph (260 km/h)
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929 hPa
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2005
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Katrina
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August 2829
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175 mph (280 km/h)
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902 hPa
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2005
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Rita
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September 21-22,
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180 mph (285 km/h)
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895 hPa
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2005
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Wilma
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October 19,
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185 mph (295 km/h)
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882 hPa
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2007
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Dean
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August 18-21,
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175 mph (280 km/h)
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905 hPa
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2007
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Felix
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September 34,
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175 mph (280 km/h)
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929 hPa
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2008
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Gustav
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August 30-31
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155 mph (250 km/h)
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941 hPa
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2008
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Ike
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September 48
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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935 hPa
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2008
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Omar
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October 16
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130 mph (215 km/h)
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958 hPa
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2008
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Paloma
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November 8
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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944 hPa
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2009
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Bill
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August 19-20
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130 mph (215 km/h)
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943 hPa
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2010
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Danielle
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August 27
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130 mph (215 km/h)
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942 hPa
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2010
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Earl
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August 30-September 2
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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927 hPa
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2010
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Igor
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September 12-17
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155 mph (250 km/h)
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924 hPa
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2010
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Julia
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September 15
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140 mph (220 km/h)
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948 hPa
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2011
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Katia
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September 6
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140 mph (220 km/h)
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942 hPa)
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2011
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Ophelia
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October 2
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140 mph (220 km/h)
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940 hPa
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2014
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Gonzalo
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October 15-17
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145 mph (230 km/h)
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940 hPa
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2015
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Joaquin
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October 13
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155 mph (250 km/h)
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931 hPa
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2016
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Nicole
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October 12-13
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140 mph (220 km/h)
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950 hPa)
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2016
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Matthew
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October 1,
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165 mph (270 km/h)
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934 hPa
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2017
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Harvey
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August 25-26
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130 mph (215 km/h)
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938 hPa
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2017
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Jose
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September 8-10
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155 mph (250 km/h)
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938 hPa
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2017
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Irma
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September 59,
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185 mph (295 km/h)
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914 hPa
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2017
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Maria
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September 18-20,
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175 mph (280 km/h)
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908 hPa
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