2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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* 2020 Pacific Hurricane Season

Atlantic hurricane seasons
2017, 2018, 2019, **2020**, 2021, 2022, 2023

The ***2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season*** was an extremely hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season that caused $1.68 trillion in damage, With the Arthur forming on January 6 and Kappa dissipating on December 31, the season had a early start and late finish. There were several notable storms in 2020. In July, Category 4 Marco caused severe damage in New England. In August and September, Paul caused severe damage all around the Americas and caused thousands of fatalities and damage.

## Seasonal Forecasts

Ahead of and during the season, several national meteorological services and scientific agencies forecast how many named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale) will form during a season, and/or how many tropical cyclones will affect a particular country. These agencies include the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) Consortium of the University College London, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Olo Storm Meteorological Center (OSMC) and Colorado State University (CSUC). The forecasts include weekly and monthly changes in significant factors that help determine the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a particular year. On average, an Atlantic hurricane season between 1981 and 2010 contained twelve tropical storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes, with an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index of between 66 and 103 units.

## Systems

### **Hurricane Arthur**

 Duration
 Peak Intensity

### **Tropical Storm Bertha**

 Duration
 Peak Intensity

### **Tropical Storm Crystal**

 Duration
 Peak Intensity

### **Hurricane Dolly**

 Duration
 Peak Intensity

### **Hurricane Edouard**

 Duration
 Peak Intensity

### **Hurricane Fay**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Gonzalo**

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### **Tropical Storm Hanna**

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### **Tropical Storm Isaias**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Josephine**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Kyle**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Laura**

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### **Hurricane Marco**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Nana**

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### **Hurricane Omar**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Paul**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Quaid**

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### **Hurricane Rene**

 Duration
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### **Hurricane Sally**

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### **Hurricane Teddy**

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### **Hurricane Unique**

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### **Hurricane Vicky**

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### **Hurricane Wilfred**

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### **Hurricane Xabrina**

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### **Tropical Storm Yvonne**

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### **Hurricane Zane**

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### **Tropical Storm Alpha**

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### **Hurricane Beta**

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### **Tropical Storm Gamma**

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### **Tropical Storm Delta**

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### **Tropical Storm Epsilon**

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### **Tropical Storm Zeta**

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### **Hurricane Eta**

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### **Hurricane Theta**

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### **Hurricane Iota**

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### **Hurricane Kappa**

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## Storm Names

The following list of names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2020. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season. This is the same list used in the 2014 season.

* Bertha
* Cristobal
* Dolly
* Edouard
* Fay
* Gonzalo
* Hanna
* Isaias
* Kyle
* Laura
* Marco
* Nana
* Omar
* Paul
* Quaid
* Rene
* Teddy
* Unique
* Vicky
* Xabrina
* Wilfred
* Yvonne
* Zane

### **Greek Names**

* Beta
* Gamma
* Delta
* Epsilon
* Zeta
* Eta
* Theta
* Iota
* Kappa
* Lambda *(unused)*
* Mu *(unused)*
* Nu *(unused)*
* Xi *(unused)*
* Pi *(unused)*
* Rho *(unused)*
* Sigma *(unused)*
* Bu *(unused)*
* Tigma *(unused)*
* Rigma *(unused)*
* Sau *(unused)*
* Xau *(unused)*
* Pau *(unused)*
* Tau *(unused)*
* Upsilon *(unused)*
* Phi *(unused)*
* Chi *(unused)*
* Psi *(unused)*
* Omega *(unused)*
* Enas *(unused)*
* Dyo *(unused)*
* Tria *(unused)*
* Tessera *(unused)*
* Pente *(unused)*
* Exi *(unused)*
* Epta *(unused)*
* Okt *(unused)*
* Ennea *(unused)*
* Deka *(unused)*
* Enetka *(unused)*
* Dekatreis *(unused)*
* Dekatessera *(unused)*
* Dekapente *(unused)*
* Dekaexi *(unused)*
* Dekaepta *(unused)*
* Dektaochto *(unused)*
* Dekaennea *(unused)*
* Eikosi *(unused)*
* Tikosi *(unused)*
* Sikosi *(unused)*
* Segma *(unused)*
* Tegma *(unused)*
* Regma *(unused)*

### **Retirement**

On April 14, 2021, at the 43rd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names *Edouard*, *Josephine*, *Laura, Marco, Paul, Rene, Teddy, Vicky,* and *Zane* from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with *Edwin*, *Joe*, *Lois, Malcolm, Peter, Rodney, Tyrese, Vladimir, and Zahir* for the 2026 season. The Greek names Eta and Kappa were also retired, marking the second time 1 or more Greek names were retired (2018).

## Season Effects

This is a table of all of the storms that have formed during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their names, duration, peak strength, areas affected, damage, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2020 USD.