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This 244-page book is a compilation of facts, figures and tracks for tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean between 1851 and 2006. Track maps for 2007 and 2008 are also included. Over the 156-year period of record, 1851 through 2006, a total of 1,370 tropical cyclones reaching at least tropical storm strength (including subtropical storms) have been documented over the North Atlantic area. This publication is Historical Climatology Series 6-2 and is an update of the series begun in the 1970s and last published in 1999.