Opinions of the Atlantic hurricane season presumably woulddiffer greatly depending on perspective. 

For homeowners and insurers, the season's inactivity waswelcomed. For hurricane prognosticators like the well-known duo atColorado State University, the season was a dud. 

"It was one of the largest busts for our research team in the 30years we've been issuing this report," says Phil Klotzbach, CSUresearch and author of annually anticipated reports from theuniversity on projected Atlantic hurricanes, in astatement. 

This year—the quietest for hurricanes since 1995 and the firsttime in nearly two decades there wasn't a single major storm(Category 3 or greater)—Klotzbach and mentor William Gray struckout, but they know it comes with the territory.

In April the team predicted 18 named storms, nine hurricanes andfour major hurricanes for the 2013 season. 

The Atlantic Ocean produced 13 named storms, two hurricanes andno major hurricanes. Two hurricanes is the fewest during ahurricane season since the same amount formed in1982. 

CSU's April report showed a good probability—72 percent—of amajor hurricane making a U.S. landfall. In all, there were a mere3.75 hurricane days in 2013. CSU's initial forecast predicted 40days, adjusted to 35 days in an August update. The last majorhurricane to hit the U.S. was Wilma in 2005. 

"These seasonal forecasts should be judged on their overalltrack record of success, not on a single or a few unsuccessfulseasonal forecasts," Klotzbach adds.