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An examination of data from 1950 to 1975 has suggested that interannual variations in the number of tropical cyclones are related to pressure anomalies at Darwin in the preceding winter. The closest relationship is with the number of early season (October–December) cyclones.
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Neville Nicholls (1979) studied this question.
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