Upon looking at trends seen in the full period and in the Satellite Era, there were cases in which both periods suggest similar trends, along with other cases suggesting opposing trends. For example, both time periods indicated an overall increase in the number of storms that impacted the Caribbean Region over the course of their respective time frames. However, when looking at the total number of minor hurricanes (categories one and two) that made landfall in the Bahamas per year, the full period suggested a decreasing trend while the Satellite Era suggested an increasing trend. The reasons for such occurrences are outside the scope of this paper; however, one can speculate it could be related to potentially missed storms before the use of satellites.
Origin analyses allowed us to identify whether there were trends in the locations of storms forming based on where they made landfall and in what month they made landfall. For example, an analysis showed that the vast majority of storms that impacted the Lesser Antilles formed over the Atlantic Ocean. When looking at the origins based on the month in which the storms made landfall, there was a shift in origin concentrations throughout peak months. In August and September, most tropical cyclones formed over the Atlantic Ocean; yet in October, the concentration was more over the Western Caribbean Sea. In addition to this shift in location, the intensities of the storms seemed to increase from August to September and decrease from September to October.
Lastly, by analyzing storms based on the ENSO conditions under which they formed, it became clear that less storms form under El Niño conditions. However, there was nothing to support that these same storms forming under El Niño conditions were weaker in magnitude than those forming under neutral or La Niña conditions.