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.
1494–1850 (pre-HURDAT era)
1851–1899 (within HURDAT data)
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
NOTE: In the following tables, all estimates of damage costs are expressed in contemporaneous US dollars (USD).
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest storm | Retired names | Notes | Total | 128 | 68 | 29 | 1096.38 | 4,161 | $2.54bn | Janet | 8 names |
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| 1950 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 211.28 | 20 | $37M | Dog | None | First year of external Atlantic tropical cyclone naming | | | | | | | | | |
| 1951 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 126.33 | 257 | $80M | Easy | None | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1952 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 69.08 | 607 | $3.75M | Fox | None | Includes the only known February tropical cyclone in the basin. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1953 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 98.51 | 1 | $6M | Carol | None | First year of female names for storms. |
| One of only 4 seasons to have both a preseason and postseason storm. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1954 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 110.88 | 1,069 | $752M | Hazel | Carol |
| Edna |
| Hazel | Includes Alice, one of two storms in the basin to span two calendar years. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1955 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 158.17 | 1,518 | $1.2bn | Janet | Connie |
| Diane |
| Ione |
| Janet | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1956 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 56.67 | 76 | $67.8M | Betsy | None | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1957 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 78.66 | 513 | $152.5M | Carrie | Audrey | First of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1958 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 109.69 | 41 | $12M | Helene | None | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1959 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 77.11 | 59 | $23.3M | Gracie | None | | | | | | | | | | |
1960s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired |
| names | Notes | Total | 116 | 64 | 23 | 1124.09 | 9,933 | $5.82bn | Camille | 11 names |
| 1960 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 72.90 | 455 | $442.34M | Donna | Donna | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1961 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 188.89 | 345 | $392M | Hattie | Carla |
| Hattie | Two Category 5 hurricanes. |
| Lowest number of named storms for an extremely active season. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1962 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 50.45 | 39 | $4.88M | Ella | None | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1963 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 112.09 | 7,225 | $589M | Flora | Flora | Flora was the sixth-deadliest hurricane on record. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1964 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 153.04 | 261 | $605M | Cleo | Cleo |
| Dora |
| Hilda | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 86.74 | 76 | $1.45bn | Betsy | 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 | Inez | Inez | Second of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 125.43 | 64 | $217M | Beulah | Beulah | First hurricane season in the modern satellite era. |
| Features the highest number of tropical depressions in a season at the time. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1968 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 46.60 | 10 | $10M | Gladys | None | There was one subtropical storm with Category 1 hurricane strength. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 149.25 | 364 | $1.7bn | Camille | Camille | Tied for the third most hurricanes in a season on record. | | | | | | | | | |
1970s
| Year | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired |
| names | Notes | Total | 99 | 51 | 16 | 657 | 10,830+ | $9.31bn | David | 9 names |
| 1970 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 66.63 | 71 | $454M | Celia | Celia | First season of a 24-year period of decreased activity in the Atlantic (-AMO) |
| Current extent of the reanalysis project | | | | | | | | | |
| 1971 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 96.53 | 45 | $213M | Edith | None | Includes first documented hurricane to cross Central America, Irene. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1972 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 35.61 | 122 | $2.1bn | Betty | Agnes | Includes three subtropical storms. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1973 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 47.85 | 15 | $18M | Ellen | None | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1974 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 68.13 | 8,260+ | $1.97bn | Carmen | Carmen |
| Fifi | Includes four subtropical storms. |
| Fifi was the third-deadliest hurricane on record. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1975 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 76.06 | 80 | $100M | Gladys | Eloise | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1976 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 84.17 | 72 | $100M | Belle | None | Includes two subtropical storms. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1977 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25.32 | 10 | $10M | Anita | Anita | Features the strongest Atlantic hurricane to strike Mexico. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1978 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 63.22 | 37 | $45M | Greta | Greta | Includes one off-season subtropical storm. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1979 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 92.92 | 2,118 | $4.3bn | David | David |
| Frederic | First year for alternating male/female names. |
| Includes one subtropical storm of Category 1 strength. | | | | | | | | | |
1980s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired |
| names | Notes | Total | 148 | 93 | 52 | 17 | 778.71 | 1,447 | $26.2bn | Gilbert | 7 names |
| 1980 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 148.94 | 256 | $1bn | Allen | Allen | Includes the storm with the highest sustained winds attained so far in the Atlantic. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1981 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 100.38 | 10 | $45M | Harvey | None | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1982 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 31.50 | 141 | $100M | Debby | None | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1983 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17.40 | 22 | $2.6bn | Alicia | Alicia | Least active hurricane season in the satellite era, in terms of both named storms and ACE | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1984 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 84.30 | 35 | $66M | Diana | None | Latest forming A-named storm on record. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1985 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 87.98 | 241 | $4.5bn | Gloria | Elena |
| Gloria | Hurricane Kate struck Florida on November 21, the latest United States hurricane landfall. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1986 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 35.79 | 70 | $57M | Earl | None | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1987 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 34.36 | 10 | $90M | Emily | None | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1988 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 102.99 | 550 | $7bn | Gilbert | Gilbert |
| Joan | Included the strongest hurricane on record until 2005 |
| First hurricane since 1978 to cross Central America. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1989 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 135.13 | 112 | $10.7bn | Hugo | Hugo | Hugo held the record for costliest U.S. hurricane for 3 years until Andrew. | | | | | | | | | | |
1990s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired |
| names | Notes | Total | 133 | 110 | 64 | 25 | 1071.75 | 14,440 | $62.7bn | Mitch | 15 names |
| 1990 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 96.80 | 116 | $150M | Gustav | Diana |
| Klaus | No tropical storms or hurricanes made landfall in the United States. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1991 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35.54 | 30 | $2.5bn | Claudette | Bob | Featured the Perfect Storm—a deliberately unnamed hurricane that made landfall in Atlantic Canada. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1992 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 76.22 | 66 | $27bn | Andrew | Andrew | Hurricane Andrew was the costliest U.S. hurricane until 2005. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1993 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 38.67 | 274 | $271M | Emily | None | No storms were active in October. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1994 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32.02 | 1,184 | $1.56bn | 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 | Opal | Luis |
| Marilyn |
| Opal |
| 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 | Edouard | Cesar |
| Fran |
| Hortense | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1997 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 40.93 | 11 | $110M | Erika | None | Least active August (0) and September (1) combined, tied with 1914. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 181.77 | 12,000+ | $12.2bn | Mitch | Georges |
| 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 | Floyd | Floyd |
| Lenny | Most Category 4 hurricanes on record, later tied by 2005 and 2020. | | | | | | | | | | |
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 |
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| storm | Retired names | Notes | Total | 173 | 151 | 74 | 36 | 1302.02 | 9,146 | $307.9bn | Wilma | 24 names |
| 2000 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 119.145 | 105 | $1.3bn | Keith | Keith | Features Hurricane Alberto—the longest-traveled hurricane in the Atlantic. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 110.32 | 153 | $11.4bn | Michelle | Allison |
| Iris |
| 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 | Isidore | Isidore |
| 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 | Isabel | Fabian |
| Isabel |
| 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 | Ivan | Charley |
| Frances |
| Ivan |
| 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 | Wilma | Dennis |
| Katrina |
| Rita |
| Stan |
| 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 | Gordon |
| Helene | None | No storms formed in October. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 73.89 | 478 | $3.4bn | Dean | Dean |
| Felix |
| 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 | Ike | Gustav |
| Ike |
| 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 | Bill | None | Second-lowest number of hurricanes in the satellite era. | | | | | | | | | | |
2010s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired names | Notes | Total | 166 | 155 | 72 | 30 | 1220.86 | 5,413 | $474.1bn | Maria | 16 names |
| 2010 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 165.48 | 393 | $7.4bn | Igor | Igor |
| Tomas | Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2011 and 2012). | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 126.30 | 112 | $17.4bn | Ophelia | Irene | Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2010 and 2012). | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 132.63 | 355 | $72.3bn | Sandy | Sandy | Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2010 and 2011). | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 36.12 | 54 | $1.5bn | Humberto | 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 | Gonzalo | None | Featured the fewest tropical storms since 1997. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 62.69 | 89 | $813.9M | Joaquin | Erika |
| Joaquin | Erika was the second Atlantic tropical storm to have its name retired, following Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2016 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 141.25 | 736 | ≥$17.5bn | Matthew | Matthew |
| 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 | Maria | Harvey |
| Irma |
| Maria |
| 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 | Michael | Florence |
| Michael | Includes seven storms that were subtropical at one point. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2019 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 132.20 | 118 | $11.6bn | Dorian | Dorian | Includes two subtropical storms. |
| Lorenzo was one of six Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired. | | | | | | | | | | |
2020s
| Year | TC | TS | H | MH | ACE | Deaths | Damage | Strongest |
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| storm | Retired |
| names | Notes | Total | 120 | 116 | 52 | 25 | 862.82 | ≥1,532 | $398.5bn | Melissa | 9 names |
| 2020 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 180.37 | 432 | $54.3bn | Iota | Laura |
| Eta |
| 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 | Sam | Ida | Third most active season on record. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2022 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 94.6 | 307 | $117.7bn | Fiona | Fiona |
| 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). | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 148.2 | 19 | $4.2bn | 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 | Milton | Beryl |
| Helene |
| 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 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |