Template:Infobox hurricane season/doc

Usage

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
{{{Basin}}}	Mandatory	A abbreviation denoting what basin is represented	Atl, EPac, WPac, NIO, SHem, SWI, SPac, and Aus currently defined
{{{Year}}}	Optional	The year of the season, if a multiple year span is covered, use the most recent	2005
{{{Track}}}	Optional	The location of the track map, if present.	2005 Atlantic hurricane season map.png
{{{Track alt}}}	Needed if {{{Track}}} is given	Alt text for the track map, for visually impaired readers; see Wikipedia:Alternative text for images, particularly its Maps section.	Tracks of about 28 tropical storms, including 15 hurricanes, cluster in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with some scattered in the Atlantic. Seven hurricanes are major, and most of them make landfall on the U.S. Gulf coast.
{{{First storm formed}}}	Mandatory	Formation date (generally tropical storm-strength) of first storm (full date) Use {{start date}}	June 8, 2005 (2005-06-08)
{{{Last storm dissipated}}}	Mandatory	Dissipation date of last storm (full date). Do not use {{start date}}	January 6, 2006
{{{Strongest storm name}}}	Mandatory	The name of the strongest storm(s). Wikilink if appropriate.	Wilma
{{{Strongest storm pressure}}}	Optional	The minimum pressure of the strongest storm in mbar/hPa. Must be a number.	882
{{{Strongest storm winds}}}	Optional	The maximum windspeed of the strongest storm in knots. Must be a number.	160
{{{Average wind speed}}}	Optional	The length of time used to find the average measurement of the storm's maximum sustained winds.	10
{{{Total disturbances}}}	Optional	For the NIO this is defined as the number of Depressions in a season. For the rest of the basins it is the number of disturbances	48
{{{Total depressions}}}	Optional	For the NIO this is defined as the number of Deep Depressions in a season for other basins this is the total number of depressions in a season	31
{{{Total storms}}}	Optional	The total number of storms of at least TS strength	28
{{{Total hurricanes}}}	Optional	The total number of hurricane-strength systems	15
{{{Total intense}}}	Optional	For all basins, the number of major storms that formed. (Major hurricanes, super typhoons, severe and intense cyclones)	7
{{{Fatalities}}}	Optional	Total number of people killed (directly and indirectly) during the season. Use a range of values if necessary. If not used gives "Unknown".	≥2,280
{{{Damages}}}	Optional	Total damages from the season. This is expressed in millions of dollars in the year of the season. If not used gives "Unknown". If used must be a number.	120000
{{{Inflated}}}	Optional	Gives the total damages from the season, in CURRENT year dollars. Use this parameter to call the number, and to state how many decimal places you want the figure to.	2
{{{fiveseasons}}}	Mandatory	Links to the next and previous 2 seasons around this one. In most cases this is just the previous 2 years and the following 2 years, with the current year in the center. For multi-season articles it takes a little more thought.	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
{{{Strongest CPac name}}}	Optional	For Pacific hurricane seasons only, the name of the strongest CPac storm.	Ioke
{{{Strongest CPac pressure}}}	Optional	As for the strongest storm, for the CPac only
{{{Strongest CPac winds}}}	Optional	As for the strongest storm, for the CPac only

Calculations

• Pressure: If {{{basin}}} is one of Atl or EPac the template will calculate the pressure in inHg from the pressure in mbar and quote to 2dp.
• Windspeeds: The template takes parameters here in terms of knots and returns mph and km/h (the order depending on the basin). It returns these to the nearest 5.

Microformat

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