Could be true. What I remember is the Atlantic being cooler and below average hurricanes, and also some of the major reefs recovering.
In any case, it's the trends that matter, not the year-to-year variation. Some years will be cooler than the previous, but both will be part of a worrying multi-decade trend of upward temperature trends.
Saying what you said in your original comment is akin to, "Look, it's January and I just made a snowman, so much for global warming huh?".