Complex sentence: With only 6 named storms, the season was well below the 1949-2006 average of 13 named storms and is the second fewest number of storms in the hurricane database, only behind the 1953 Pacific hurricane season, in which just 5 storms were observed.
Split into simpler sentences: With only 6 named storms, the season was well below the 1949-2006 average of 13 named storms. In fact, with only 6 named storms, this is the second fewest number of storms in the hurricane database, only behind the 1953 Pacific hurricane season, in which just 5 storms were observed.