List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
Template:Short description This is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons, which covers the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic Ocean. Historical records of hurricane seasons date back to the 1800s, and these hurricanes and tropical storms can affect Central America, the United States, and Canada. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and this period is when most tropical activity occurs, with the peak occurring in September. Although storms can form outside of these months as well.
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1494–1850 (pre-HURDAT era)
| Period | Seasons | Individual years |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-19th century | Pre-17th century (pre 1600), 17th century (1600s), 18th century (1700s) | 1780 |
| 1800–1850 | 1800–1809, 1810–1819, 1820–1829, 1830–1839, 1840–1849 | 1842, 1850. |
1851–1899 (within HURDAT data)
1850s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1851 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 36.24 | 24 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Agapito" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Agapito" | First Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the HURDAT. |
| 1852 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 73.28 | 100+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Great Mobile" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Great Mobile" | One of three seasons in which all known cyclones became hurricanes. |
| 1853 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 76.49 | 40 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Three | Earliest known Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. | |
| 1854 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 31.00 | 30+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "South Carolina" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "South Carolina" | |
| 1855 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18.12 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Middle Gulf Shore" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Middle Gulf Shore" | |
| 1856 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 48.94 | 200+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Last Island" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Southeastern States" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Last Island" |
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| 1857 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 46.84 | 424 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 SS Central America Disaster <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Four |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 SS Central America Disaster | |
| 1858 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 44.79 | None | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Three <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Six |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Hurricane Three | One of three seasons in which all known cyclones became hurricanes. |
| 1859 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 55.73 | Numerous | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Six | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Hurricane Five <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Hurricane Six <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Hurricane Eight |
1860s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1860 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 62.06 | 60+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 One | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Hurricane One | |
| 1861 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 49.71 | 22+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 One <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Three |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 "Key West" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 "Expedition" |
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| 1862 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 46.03 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Two <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Three |
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| 1863 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 50.35 | 90 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Amanda" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Amanda" | |
| 1864 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26.55 | None | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 One <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Three <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Five |
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| 1865 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 49.13 | 326 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Four <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Seven |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Hurricane Four | |
| 1866 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 83.65 | 383 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nassau" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nassau" | |
| 1867 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 59.97 | 811 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Narciso" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Narciso" | |
| 1868 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 34.65 | 2 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 One <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Two <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Four |
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| 1869 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 51.02 | 38 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 New England Gale | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 New England Gale <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Saxby Gale |
1870s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1870 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 87.80 | 2,052 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Four | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "First Key West" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Second Key West" |
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| 1871 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 88.39 | 30 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Three <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Santa Juana" |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Hurricane Three <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Santa Juana" |
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| 1872 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 65.38 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Two | ||
| 1873 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 69.47 | 626 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Central Florida" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Central Florida" | |
| 1874 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 47.05 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Seven | ||
| 1875 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 72.48 | 800 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Indianola" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Indianola" | |
| 1876 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 56.05 | 19 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Felipe" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Felipe" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Cuba-South Florida" |
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| 1877 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 73.36 | 34 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida Panhandle" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida Panhandle" | |
| 1878 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 180.85 | 108 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Seven | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Gale of 1878 | First known above-average season (in modern-day terms) |
| 1879 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 63.63 | 47 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Great Beaufort" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" |
1880s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1880 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 131.08 | 133 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Eight | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Hurricane Two | |
| 1881 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 59.25 | 700 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Georgia" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Georgia" | |
| 1882 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 59.47 | 6 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Pensacola" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba" |
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| 1883 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 66.70 | 236 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Two | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Bahamas-North Carolina" | |
| 1884 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 72.06 | 8 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Two | ||
| 1885 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 58.30 | 25 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Two | ||
| 1886 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 166.17 | 200+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Indianola" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Indianola" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Cuba" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Texas-Louisiana" |
Seven hurricanes struck the United States, the most during a single year.[1] |
| 1887 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 181.26 | 2 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Seven | Record five off-season storms. | |
| 1888 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 84.95 | 924 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Gil" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Gil" |
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| 1889 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 104.04 | 40 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Six |
1890s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1890 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33.35 | 14 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Three | ||
| 1891 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 116.11 | 700+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Martinique" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Martinique" | |
| 1892 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 115.84 | 16 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Three <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Five <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Seven |
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| 1893 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 231.15 | 4,028 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cheniere Caminada" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Roque" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "New York" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Sea Islands" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Charleston" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cheniere Caminada" |
Two hurricanes caused more than 2,000 deaths in the United States. Four simultaneous hurricanes on August 22, one of two times on record. |
| 1894 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 135.42 | 200+ | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Six | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida Panhandle" | |
| 1895 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 68.77 | 56 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Two | ||
| 1896 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 136.08 | 286 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Cedar Keys" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Ramón" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Cedar Keys" |
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| 1897 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 54.54 | 262 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 One | ||
| 1898 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 113.24 | 562 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Georgia" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Georgia" | |
| 1899 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 151.03 | 4,167 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "San Ciríaco" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "San Ciríaco" | The San Ciríaco hurricane was the longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane on record |
1900s
NOTE: In the following tables, all estimates of damage costs are expressed in contemporaneous US dollars (USD).
1900s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1900 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 83.35 | 8,000+ | $35.4M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Galveston" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Galveston" | The Galveston hurricane was the deadliest disaster in the United States. |
| 1901 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 98.98 | 35-40 | $1M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Seven | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 "Louisiana" | |
| 1902 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32.65 | 5 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Four | ||
| 1903 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 102.07 | 222 | $18.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Jamaica" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Jamaica" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 "Florida" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "New Jersey" |
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| 1904 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30.35 | 112 | $2.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Two | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 One | |
| 1905 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28.38 | 8 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Four | ||
| 1906 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 162.88 | 381 | $25.4M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Four | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Mississippi" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida Keys" |
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| 1907 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13.06 | None | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> TS One | One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes, the other being 1914. | |
| 1908 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 95.11 | 37 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Six | Includes the only known March tropical cyclone in the basin. | |
| 1909 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 93.34 | 4,673 | $77.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Grand Isle" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Velasco" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Monterrey" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Grand Isle" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida Keys" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Greater Antilles" |
1910s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1910 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 63.90 | 100 | $1.25M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba" | |
| 1911 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34.29 | 27 | $3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Three | ||
| 1912 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 57.26 | 116 | $1.6M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Jamaica" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Jamaica" | |
| 1913 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 35.60 | 5 | $4M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Four | ||
| 1914 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 0 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> TS One | Least active season on record. One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes, along with 1907. | |
| 1915 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 130.10 | 675 | $63M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "New Orleans" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Galveston" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "New Orleans" |
Two Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in the United States. |
| 1916 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 144.01 | 31 | $5.9M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Texas" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Gulf Coast" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Charleston" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Texas" |
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| 1917 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 60.67 | 76 | $170,000 | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nueva Gerona" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nueva Gerona" | |
| 1918 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 39.87 | 55 | $5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" | |
| 1919 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 55.04 | 828 | $22M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida Keys" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida Keys" |
1920s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1920 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29.81 | 1 | $1.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Louisiana" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Louisiana" | |
| 1921 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 86.53 | 6 | $36.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Tampa Bay" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "San Pedro" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Tampa Bay" |
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| 1922 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 54.52 | 105 | $2.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Two | ||
| 1923 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 49.31 | 15 | $1.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Five | ||
| 1924 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 100.19 | 179 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Cuba" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Cuba" | First official Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. |
| 1925 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.25 | 59+ | $19.9M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 One | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> TS "Florida" | |
| 1926 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 229.56 | 1,448 | $247.4M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Miami" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nassau" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Nova Scotia" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Louisiana" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Miami" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Havana–Bermuda" |
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| 1927 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 56.48 | 184 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Nova Scotia" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Nova Scotia" | |
| 1928 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 83.48 | 4,289 | $102M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Okeechobee" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Okeechobee" | Least active season that featured a category 5 hurricane, tied with 1977.
One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. |
| 1929 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 48.07 | 62 | $10.0M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Bahamas" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Bahamas" |
1930s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1930 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 49.77 | 8,000 | $50M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "San Zenón" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "San Zenón" | The San Zenón hurricane was the fifth deadliest on record. Second least active season in terms of tropical storms. |
| 1931 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 47.84 | 2,502 | $7.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "British Honduras" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "British Honduras" | |
| 1932 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 169.66 | 3,315 | $37M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Cuba" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Freeport" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Bahamas" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "San Ciprián" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Cuba" |
Only season with a Category 5 hurricane in November, which was the longest lasting category 5, at 3.6 days.
First season to have multiple (more than one) Category 5 hurricanes. |
| 1933 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 258.57 | 651 | $86.6M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Tampico" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Chesapeake–Potomac" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Cuba–Brownsville" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Treasure Coast" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Outer Banks" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Tampico" |
Fourth most active season on record.
Most Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) in an Atlantic season on record. But until 2005 we had 28 named storms. |
| 1934 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 79.07 | 2,017 | $4.26M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Thirteen | ||
| 1935 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 106.21 | 2,604 | $12.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Labor Day" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Labor Day" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba" |
Most intense landfalling Atlantic hurricane known to date ("Labor Day"). |
| 1936 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 99.78 | 5 | $1.23M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Mid-Atlantic" | ||
| 1937 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 65.85 | 0 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Six | ||
| 1938 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 77.58 | ~700 | $290.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "New England" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "New England" | Earliest-starting season on record (January 3). |
| 1939 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 43.68 | 5 | Unknown | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Five |
1940s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Major landfalling storms | Notes |
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| 1940 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 67.79 | 101 | $4.7M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "New England" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "South Carolina" | |
| 1941 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 51.77 | 63 | $10M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nicaragua" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Texas" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Nicaragua" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Florida" |
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| 1942 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 62.49 | 17 | $30.6M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Matagorda" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Matagorda" | |
| 1943 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 94.01 | 19 | $17.2M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Three | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Surprise" | First year of hurricane hunters. |
| 1944 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 104.45 | 1,153 | $202M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Great Atlantic" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 "Great Atlantic" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Cuba–Florida" |
Great Atlantic hurricane was the only Category 5 of the entire decade |
| 1945 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 63.42 | 80 | $80M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Homestead" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Texas" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Homestead" |
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| 1946 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19.61 | 5 | $5.2M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Four | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Florida" | |
| 1947 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 88.49 | 94 | $145.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Fort Lauderdale" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Fort Lauderdale" (George) <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Cape Sable" (King) |
First year of internal Atlantic tropical cyclone naming.[2] |
| 1948 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 94.98 | 94 | $30.9M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Bermuda-Newfoundland" |
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida" (Easy) <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 "Miami" (Fox) |
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| 1949 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 96.45 | 3 | $58.2M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida" | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 "Florida" <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 "Texas" |
1950s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Retired names | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 211.28 | 20 | $37M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Dog | None | First year of external Atlantic tropical cyclone naming
Record-breaking 8 tropical storms in October. |
| 1951 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 126.33 | 257 | $80M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Easy | None | |
| 1952 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 69.08 | 607 | $3.75M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Fox | None | Includes the only known February tropical cyclone in the basin. |
| 1953 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 98.51 | 1 | $6M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Carol | None | First year of female names for storms.[3] One of only 4 seasons to have both a preseason and postseason storm. Carol was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired (Carol was retired in 1954 as a Category 3) |
| 1954 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 110.88 | 1,069 | $752M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Hazel | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Carol <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Edna <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Hazel |
Includes Alice, one of two storms in the basin to span two calendar years.[4] |
| 1955 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 158.17 | 1,518 | $1.2bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Janet | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Connie <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Diane <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Ione <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Janet |
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| 1956 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 56.67 | 76 | $67.8M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Betsy | None | |
| 1957 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 78.66 | 513 | $152.5M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Carrie | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Audrey | First of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. |
| 1958 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 109.69 | 41 | $12M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Helene | None | |
| 1959 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 77.11 | 59 | $23.3M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gracie | None | |
| Total | 128 | 68 | 29 | 1096.38 | 4,161 | $2.54bn | Janet | 8 names |
1960s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 72.90 | 455 | $442.34M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Donna | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Donna | |
| 1961 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 188.89 | 345 | $392M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Hattie | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Carla <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Hattie |
Two Category 5 hurricanes. Lowest number of named storms for an extremely active season. Esther was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired |
| 1962 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 50.45 | 39 | >$4.88M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Ella | None | |
| 1963 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 112.09 | 7,225 | $589M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Flora | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Flora | Flora was the sixth-deadliest hurricane on record. |
| 1964 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 153.04 | 261 | $605M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Cleo | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Cleo <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Dora <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Hilda |
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| 1965 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 86.74 | 76 | $1.45bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Betsy | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Betsy | Betsy became the first Atlantic tropical cyclone to inflict at least $1 billion USD in damages. |
| 1966 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 138.68 | 1,094 | $410M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Inez | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Inez | Second of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. |
| 1967 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 125.43 | 64 | $217M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Beulah | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Beulah | First hurricane season in the modern satellite era. Features the highest number of tropical depressions in a season at the time. One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. |
| 1968 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 46.60 | 10 | $10M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Gladys | None | There was one subtropical storm with Category 1 hurricane strength. |
| 1969 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 149.25 | 364 | $1.7bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Camille | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Camille | Tied for the third most hurricanes in a season on record. |
| Total | 116 | 64 | 23 | 1124.09 | 9,933 | $5.82bn | Camille | 11 names |
1970s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 66.63 | 71 | $454M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Celia | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Celia | First season of a 24-year period of decreased activity in the Atlantic (-AMO) Current extent of the reanalysis project since January 2022[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1971 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 96.53 | 45 | $213M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Edith | None | Includes first documented hurricane to cross Central America, Irene.
One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. Edith was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired |
| 1972 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 35.61 | 122 | $2.1bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Betty | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Agnes | Includes three subtropical storms. |
| 1973 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 47.85 | 15 | $18M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Ellen | None | |
| 1974 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 68.13 | 8,260+ | $1.97bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Carmen | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Carmen <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Fifi |
Includes four subtropical storms. Fifi was the third-deadliest hurricane on record. |
| 1975 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 76.06 | 80 | $100M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gladys | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Eloise | |
| 1976 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 84.17 | 72 | $100M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Belle | None | Includes two subtropical storms. |
| 1977 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25.32 | 10 | $10M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Anita | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Anita | Features the strongest Atlantic hurricane to strike Mexico.
Least active season to feature a category 5, tied with 1928. One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. Highest tropical storm-hurricane ratio in the satellite era |
| 1978 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 63.22 | 37 | $45M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Greta | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Greta | Includes one off-season subtropical storm. |
| 1979 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 92.92 | 2,118 | $4.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 David | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 David <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Frederic |
First year for alternating male/female names. Includes one subtropical storm of Category 1 strength. |
| Total | 99 | 51 | 16 | 657 | 10,830+ | $9.31bn | David | 9 names |
1980s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 148.94 | 256 | $1bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Allen | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Allen | Includes the storm with the highest sustained winds attained so far in the Atlantic. |
| 1981 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 100.38 | 10 | $45M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Harvey | None | |
| 1982 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 31.50 | 141 | $100M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Debby | None | |
| 1983 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17.40 | 22 | $2.6bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Alicia | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Alicia | Least active hurricane season in the satellite era, in terms of both named storms and ACE
No storms were active in October. |
| 1984 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 84.30 | 35 | $66M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Diana | None | Latest forming A-named storm on record. |
| 1985 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 87.98 | 241 | $4.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gloria | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Elena <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gloria |
Hurricane Kate struck Florida on November 21, the latest United States hurricane landfall. |
| 1986 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 35.79 | 70 | $57M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Earl | None | |
| 1987 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 34.36 | 10 | $90M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Emily | None | |
| 1988 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 102.99 | 550 | $7bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Gilbert | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Gilbert <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Joan |
Included the strongest hurricane on record until 2005 First hurricane since 1978 to cross Central America. Last until 1996, and 2022 to be a Pacific-Atlantic crossover. |
| 1989 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 135.13 | 112 | $10.7bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Hugo | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Hugo | Hugo held the record for costliest U.S. hurricane for 3 years until Andrew. |
| Total | 148 | 93 | 52 | 17 | 778.71 | 1,447 | $26.2bn | Gilbert | 7 names |
1990s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 96.80 | 116 | $150M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Gustav | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Diana <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Klaus |
No tropical storms or hurricanes made landfall in the United States. |
| 1991 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35.54 | 30 | $2.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Claudette | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Bob | Featured the Perfect Storm—a deliberately unnamed hurricane that made landfall in Atlantic Canada. |
| 1992 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 76.22 | 66 | $27bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Andrew | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Andrew | Hurricane Andrew was the costliest U.S. hurricane until 2005.
One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. |
| 1993 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 38.67 | 274 | $271M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Emily | None | No storms were active in October. |
| 1994 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32.02 | 1,184 | $1.56bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Florence | None | Last season of a 24-year period of decreased activity in the Atlantic (-AMO). |
| 1995 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 227.10 | 115 | $9.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Opal | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Luis <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Marilyn <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Opal <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Roxanne |
Tied for fifth most active season on record (with 1887, 2010, 2011 and 2012). First season of an ongoing period of increased activity in the Atlantic (+AMO). |
| 1996 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 166.18 | 179 | $3.8bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Edouard | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Cesar <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Fran <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Hortense |
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| 1997 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 40.93 | 11 | $110M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Erika | None | Least active August (0) and September (1) combined, tied with 1914. |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 181.77 | 12,000+ | $12.2bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Mitch | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Georges <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Mitch |
Four simultaneous hurricanes on September 26, the first time since 1893. Mitch was the deadliest hurricane in over 200 years. |
| 1999 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 176.53 | 465 | $5.9bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Floyd | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Floyd <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Lenny |
Most Category 4 hurricanes on record, later tied by 2005 and 2020. |
| Total | 133 | 110 | 64 | 25 | 1071.75 | 14,440 | $62.7bn | Mitch | 15 names |
2000s
NOTE: In the following tables, all estimates of damage costs are expressed in contemporaneous US dollars (USD).
2000s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 119.145 | 105 | $1.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Keith | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Keith | Features Hurricane Alberto—the longest-traveled hurricane in the Atlantic. |
| 2001 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 110.32 | 153 | $11.4bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Michelle | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> TS Allison <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Iris <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Michelle |
Allison was the first Atlantic tropical storm weaker than a hurricane to have its name retired. |
| 2002 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 67.99 | 50 | $2.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Isidore | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Isidore <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Lili |
Gustav was the first Atlantic storm that was given a name out of the common six-year rotating lists while subtropical. |
| 2003 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 176.84 | 93 | $6.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Isabel | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Fabian <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Isabel <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Juan |
Ana formed in April—one of two storms that was given a name to do so. Includes 3 off-season storms. |
| 2004 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 226.88 | 3,260 | $61.2bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Ivan | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Charley <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Frances <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Ivan <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Jeanne |
Featured Ivan, the southernmost hurricane in the basin (9.5°N). Features 4 hurricanes to make landfall in Florida; Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne (all of which were retired). |
| 2005 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 250.13 | 3,912 | $171.8bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Wilma | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Dennis <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Katrina <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Rita <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Stan <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Wilma |
Second-costliest hurricane season on record. Second most active on record, most active in terms of hurricanes, major hurricanes (tied with 2020), and Category 5 hurricanes. Most retired names. The first year to use the Greek alphabet, later also used in 2020. Includes 1 subtropical storm and 1 subtropical depression. Emily was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired. |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 78.54 | 14 | $504.4M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Gordon <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Helene |
None | No storms formed in October. |
| 2007 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 73.89 | 478 | $3.4bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Dean | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Dean <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Felix <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Noel |
First season on record with two hurricanes landfalling at Category 5 intensity (Dean and Felix). |
| 2008 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 145.72 | 1,073 | $49.4bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Ike | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gustav <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Ike <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Paloma |
Only year on record in which a major hurricane existed in every month from July through November. |
| 2009 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 52.58 | 9 | $58M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Bill | None | Second-lowest number of hurricanes in the satellite era. |
| Total | 173 | 151 | 74 | 36 | 1302.02 | 9,146 | $307.9bn | Wilma | 24 names |
2010s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 165.48 | 393 | $7.4bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Igor | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Igor <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 Tomas |
Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2011 and 2012). |
| 2011 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 126.30 | 112 | $17.4bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Ophelia | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Irene | Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2010 and 2012). |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 132.63 | 355 | $72.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Sandy | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Sandy | Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2010 and 2011). |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 36.12 | 54 | $1.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Humberto | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Ingrid | Featured one unnamed subtropical storm in December that is currently the most recent post-season tropical cyclone. First season since 1994 with no major hurricanes, most recent of such. |
| 2014 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 66.73 | 21 | $371.6M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Gonzalo | None | Featured the fewest tropical storms since 1997.
Most recent to feature no storms before July. |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 62.69 | 89 | $813.9M | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Joaquin | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> TS Erika <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Joaquin |
Erika was the second Atlantic tropical storm to have its name retired, following Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
Most recent to feature below-average activity |
| 2016 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 141.25 | 736 | ≥$17.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Matthew | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Matthew <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3 Otto |
Alex became the first satellite-era January hurricane and the earliest storm of such, beating a 1978 subtropical storm. |
| 2017 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 224.87 | 3,364 | ≥$294.7bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Maria | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Harvey <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Irma <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Maria <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1 Nate |
Arlene formed in April—one of two storms that was given a name to do so. Costliest tropical cyclone season on record, almost entirely due to Harvey, Irma, and Maria. |
| 2018 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 132.58 | 172 | ≥$50.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Michael | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Florence <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Michael |
Includes seven storms that were subtropical at one point. |
| 2019 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 132.20 | 118 | $11.6bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Dorian | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Dorian | Includes two subtropical storms. Lorenzo was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired. |
| Total | 166 | 155 | 72 | 30 | 1220.86 | 5,413 | $474.1bn | Maria | 16 names |
2020s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm |
Retired names |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 180.37 | 432 | >$54.3bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Iota | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Laura <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Eta <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Iota |
Most active season in terms of tropical depressions and named storms, second most active in terms of hurricanes. Tied with 2005 for most recorded major hurricanes. Second and final season after 2005 to use the Greek alphabet. |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 145.55 | 198 | $80.8bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Sam | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Ida | Third most active season on record. |
| 2022 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 94.6 | 307 | >$117.7bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Fiona | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Fiona <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Ian |
First season not to have above-average activity since 2015 and first with near normal activity since 2007. First season since 1988 and 1996 with more than one Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricane (Bonnie and Julia). First season since 1997 without a storm active in August, first of such during a La Niña year. |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 148.2 | 19 | >$4.2bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Lee | None | Fourth most active season on record (tied with 1933), most active during an El Niño year. Featured one unnamed subtropical storm in January. Lee was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired. |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 161.5 | 442 | $131bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Milton | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Beryl <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 4 Helene <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Milton |
Featured Beryl, the earliest forming Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, and the third of three June major hurricanes. Featured Milton, tied with Rita of 2005 for the most intense hurricane on record in the Gulf of Mexico. Featured Oscar, the smallest hurricane recorded in the Atlantic basin. |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 132.6 | 134 | >$10.5bn | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 5 Melissa | TBD | Second season on record to feature more than two Category 5 hurricanes. First season since 2015 where no hurricanes made landfall in the United States. |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None | None | TBD | ||
| Total | 120 | 116 | 52 | 25 | 862.82 | ≥1,532 | >$398.5bn | Melissa | 9 names |
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