However , there were no major hurricanes -LRB- Category NUMBER@1 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale -RRB- ; the first time this had happened in the eastern LOCATION@1 since NUMBER@2 , and is well below the long term average of four .

However , this season was the first LOCATION@1 hurricane season since NUMBER@2 to have no systems become major hurricanes by reaching Category NUMBER@1 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale .
