2008 ended with 266 spotless days. 2009 has recorded 119 so far, but as was pointed out in another article, they have reported sub-surface magnetism as “spots”, so the actual count is higher.
“...so the actual count is higher.”
And like another freeper had pointed out once, when comparing the older historical data (like the Maunder Minimum, etc.) - those spots were counted based on primitive telescope information. So we are counting things that would not have been counted 500 years ago. (Heck - probably 20 years ago!).