TrackDataset.get_season

TrackDataset.get_season(year, basin='all')[source]

Retrieves a Season object for the requested season or seasons.

Parameters
  • year (int or list) – Year(s) to retrieve season data. If in southern hemisphere, year is the 2nd year of the season (e.g., 1975 for 1974-1975). Use of multiple years is only permissible for hurdat sources.

  • basin (str, optional) – If using a global ibtracs dataset, this specifies which basin to load in. Otherwise this argument is ignored.

Returns

tropycal.tracks.Season – Object containing every storm entry for the given season, and methods for analyzing and plotting the season.