The historical records provide a hint at the important
landfall pattern by showing a statistically significant
negative correlation between the frequency of
tropical cyclone landfalls over Guangdong and Fujian.
When tropical cyclone activity over Guangdong is high
(low), it tends to be low (high) over Fujian. The relationship
is examined using correlation, conditional
probabilities, and log-linear regression. The dominant
landfall pattern is identified in the modern records
of typhoon counts in coastal provinces using a factoranalysis model.