atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season officially began june lasted november average season dates conventionally period year tropical cyclones form atlantic basin storms formed hurricane season named storms record smallest number named cyclones atlantic basin naming began following year named storms formed unnamed subtropical storm subtropical storms named season produced hurricanes record low reached major hurricane status season started early hurricane forming day season threatened coast tropical storm causing fatalities cuba storm subtropical storm formed june affected area causing million damage tropical storm formed august quiet july open atlantic_ocean cape_verde killing people tropical depression formed tracking east north caribbean sea early september soon dissipation formed gulf_of_mexico september chris stayed weak storm making landfall near texas dissipated land september hurricane storm strongest season formative stage produced rainfall puerto_rico soon strengthened category major hurricane passed newfoundland september merged non tropical low september mid september tropical depression formed west africa tracked west northwest dissipating reaching leeward_islands september remnant thunderstorm activity continued moving west northwest forming tropical depression seven moved near bermuda september dissipating offshore nova scotia final storm season tropical storm shortest lasting storm season stayed sea dissipating october season summary season inactive strong vertical wind shear stronger normal westerly winds aloft wind shear contributed variety factors including strong vertical wind shear strong disrupt convection areas disturbed weather develop affected hurricane season extended atlantic hurricane season higher average values african mineral dust active portion hurricane season suppressed tropical cyclone activity season activity reflected cumulative accumulated cyclone energy ace rating classified normal ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high aces ace calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding knots mph tropical storm strength officially subtropical cyclones excluded total figure includes periods storms subtropical phase storms hurricane june tropical depression formed western cuba organized cloud system moved slowly northeastward gulf_of_mexico strengthened tropical storm june traveled generally northeast erratic course briefly intensified category hurricane earliest hurricanes june earliest date hurricane atlantic_ocean hurricane alma strengthening vertical wind shear quickly weakened tropical storm doubled west dissipated near florida keys june example storm enter gulf_of_mexico dissipating landfall unusual event storm landfall deaths reported cuba significant flooding worst years experienced moderate rainfall peak inches occurring subtropical storm subtropical storm season formed east central gulf_of_mexico june moved northeast entire life cycle crossed florida peninsula night causing issuance numerous severe thunderstorm tornado warnings cyclone dropped heavy rainfall peaking inches miles southwest florida storm continued crossing retained strength june extratropical near newfoundland cyclone caused deaths florida sank fishing coast north_carolina caused million damage usd subtropical tropical cyclone impact eastern season tropical storm developed tropical wave exited africa august day developed tropical depression shortly intensified tropical storm august passed south cape_verde continued intensifying west northwest track eye feature appeared convection august suggesting winds near hurricane status feature located western deep convection storm slightly intensity held hurricane status shortly strong wind shear caused storm deteriorate leaving low level circulation exposed western weakened tropical depression day lack convection continued westward redevelopment september reconnaissance flight depression found winds mph deemed actual intensity recorded line depression disorganized september longer identifiable satellites early duration tropical storm produced heavy rainfall gusty winds cape island storm caused moderate damage archipelago totaling million usd passage resulted casualties injuries period storm passage united_states provided humanitarian aid economic assistance country helping archipelago reverse effects tropical depression system formed east lesser antilles september southeast tropical storm tropical north_atlantic ocean depression moved northeast leeward_islands afternoon september experiencing southwest vertical wind shear moved southwest north_atlantic dissipating east bahamas september tropical storm chris surface low pressure area developed september gulf_of_mexico drifted westward day organized subtropical depression influence trough low pressure depression turned northward steadily better organized transitioned tropical storm chris late september storm attained peak winds miles hour moving ashore near pass texas chris continued inland dissipated central arkansas september prior making landfall people evacuated southern louisiana offshore oil workers evacuated inland chris produced moderate rainfall path peaking inches delhi louisiana totals inches mississippi tennessee rainfall caused locally severe flooding far inland tennessee kentucky flooding rivers reported storm spawned tornadoes stronger scale moving ashore hurricane produced feet feet storm tide resulting severe damage boats gulf_of_mexico path damage totaled million usd hurricane tropical wave moved westward offshore coast africa wave traveled atlantic organized tropical depression northern coast haiti september depression turned north strengthened tropical storm hurricane moved north northeast bermuda tropical storm force winds continued strengthening moved north peaking miles hour hurricane known hurricane record reach category north latitude north second northernmost known category hurricane atlantic hurricane tropical storm force winds recorded newfoundland passed september storm accelerated began weakening colder waters north atlantic merged strong non tropical system british isles september precursor disturbance dropped heavy rainfall puerto_rico peaking inches southwestern portion island little effect atlantic_canada outside heavy rainfall tropical depression tropical depression formed miles west september moved west northwest tropical atlantic ocean system moved miles east leeward_islands dissipating september tropical depression seven remnant area disturbed weather tropical depression continued moving west northwest southwest north atlantic tropical depression formed area miles west bermuda september system north northeast dissipating north atlantic shipping lanes southeast nova scotia september tropical storm tropical wave formed coast africa september west wave expanded declared tropical depression september depression intensified making sharp turn october air_force plane found miles hour winds pressure inhg depression given second air_force plane october found miles hour winds pressure inhg october identifiable merging extratropical low approached land caused reported damage storm names following names named storms formed north atlantic names season time set naming change florence previously names assigned marked gray retirement retired names season
1982 Atlantic hurricane season