"David G. Nagel" wrote in message
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The current sunspot cycle is merely slow in appearing. The 11 year cycle
is only an average. Some cycles are less than 11 yrs and some are longer.

Cycle 23 was strongly double-peaked. If you view a graph of several
single-peak cycles overlaid with 23, then move the second half of 23 to the
left, so its second peak matches the peaks of the other cycles, the falloff
of 23 looks more nearly typical.

Could it be that Cycle 23's notable second peak has made it last longer? I
hope that's it. Or maybe Cycle 24 is just the beginning of the Unwin
Minimum.