1979 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1979 and ended on November 30, 1979. This was an average season with 20 storms, however only 9 became tropical. This was a damaging and deadly season most of the damage was caused by Tropical Storm Claudette, Hurricane David and Hurricane Frederic. Most deaths were caused by Hurricane David.

Storms
Tropical Depression One 
Tropical Depression Two 
Tropical Storm Ana 
Tropical Depression Four 
Hurricane Bob  
Tropical Storm Claudette 
Tropical Depression Nine 
Tropical Depression Ten 
Hurricane David 
Tropical Storm Elena  
Hurricane Frederic 
Hurricane Gloria 
Hurricane Henri 
Tropical Depression Nineteen 
Tropical Depression Twenty 
Tropical Depression Twenty-One 
Tropical Depression Twenty-Two 
Subtropical Storm One 
Tropical Depression Twenty-Five 
Tropical Depression Twenty-Six

Storm names
This is the list of names that were set aside for the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. The list is not the same as in 1973 because in 1979 male names were added to the list. Names that were not used are marked in .
 Ana
 Bob
 Claudette
 David
 Elena
 Frederic
 Gloria Henri













Retired names
In the spring of 1980, the names, David and Frederic were retired and replaced with the names Danny and Fabian.

Other websites
 Monthly Weather Review
 HPC rainfall pages for 1979 tropical cyclones impacting North America