July was average, featuring fourteen tropical cyclones, with seven being named. In the East Pacific, Hurricane Felicia and Tropical Storm Guillermo formed in the middle half of the month, with Felicia becoming the first major hurricane of its respective Pacific hurricane season. Hurricane Hilda would then form at the end of the month. In the North Atlantic, Hurricane Elsa formed, becoming the earliest fifth-named storm on record and beating the record of Tropical Storm Edouard of the previous year, bringing substantial damage to the Caribbean and eastern North America. In the West Pacific, two tropical depressions formed and were designated as "07W" and "08W" respectively. The former received the name "Emong" from PAGASA. Further into the month, Typhoon In-fa, Tropical Storm Cempaka and Tropical Storm Nepartak formed, with In-fa and Cempaka making landfall in China as severe tropical storms; both were associated with the 2021 Henan floods.