More than 80 percent of them have never experienced a major hurricane.
There were also 7 major hurricanes compared to the average of 4.
It was the first major hurricane I have ever gone through.
It is also the most recent major hurricane to hit the state as of 2011.
On average, a major hurricane strikes about once every 26 years.
Despite this, the number of days with major hurricanes was above the long-term average.
There were no major hurricanes; the next time this happened would be the 2003 season.
However, the number of major hurricanes was below average with three.
This was also the first season since 1972 to have no major hurricanes.
Michael was thus the first major hurricane of the season.