2020 Atlantic hurricane season

2020 Atlantic hurricane season

Season summary map
First storm formed	May 16, 2020
Last storm dissipated	November 18, 2020
Strongest storm	Iota – 917 mbar (hPa) (27.09 inHg), 155 mph (250 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Total depressions	31 (record high, tied with 2005)
Total storms	30 (record high)
Hurricanes	14
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+)	7 (record high, tied with 2005)
Total fatalities	≥ 409 total
Total damage	> $46.909 billion (2020 USD)
Atlantic hurricane seasons 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season ever recorded, breaking the record of 2005.^[1] The season had a record-breaking 12 storms that hit the U.S., with many making landfall in Louisiana. The season had had thirty-one tropical or subtropical cyclones, thirty named storms, fourteen hurricanes, and seven major hurricanes. It had over twenty tropical storms that broke formation date records. The season happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it harder to evacuate and give help to people who needed it.^[2][3]

Season summary

The season had 30 named storms and one that wasn't named because it wasn't strong enough.

Storms

Tropical Storm Arthur

See the main article: Tropical Storm Arthur (2020)

Tropical storm
Duration	May 16 – May 19
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min)  990 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Arthur was an early storm. It formed on May 16 from a stormy area near Cuba, and caused damage in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as well as The Bahamas and Bermuda. Even though the storm was kind of strong, it only lasted three days.

Tropical Storm Bertha

See the main article: Tropical Storm Bertha (2020)

Tropical storm
Duration	May 27 – May 28
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min)  1005 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Bertha was an early storm as well. While it only lasted one day, it caused some damage in The Bahamas and Southern United States. It also led to the Crew Dragon Demo-2 flight being delayed.

Tropical Storm Cristobal

See the main article: Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020)

Tropical storm
Duration	June 1 – June 10
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min)  992 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Cristobal was the earliest third named storm on record.^[4] The storm had formed from clouds left-over by Tropical Storm Amanda. The storm formed in the Bay of Campeche, devastated Mexico, and stalled, before hitting Louisiana.^[5] The storm then traveled up to Wisconsin, as a weaker tropical depression, before becoming post-tropical.

Tropical Storm Dolly

Tropical storm
Duration	June 22 – June 24
Peak intensity	45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min)  1000 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Dolly was a short-lived storm. It formed on June 22 as a subtropical system, becoming tropical on June 23, as it reached tropical storm status, and dissipated on June 24.

Tropical Storm Edouard

Tropical storm
Duration	July 4 – July 6
Peak intensity	45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min)  1007 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Edouard formed in an unusual time of the year, in July. It formed on July 4, and reached tropical storm status on July 6. After reaching tropical storm status, it became the earliest fifth named storm until Hurricane Elsa formed on July 1, 2021.

Tropical Storm Fay

Tropical storm
Duration	July 9 – July 11
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min)  998 mbar (hPa)

Earliest sixth named storm.^[6] Tropical Storm Fay formed off the coast of the Carolinas and then struck New Jersey as a tropical storm, weakening inland.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo

Tropical storm
Duration	July 21 – July 25
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min)  997 mbar (hPa)

Earliest seventh named storm. Nearly made a landfall in Guyana.

Hurricane Hanna

See the main article: Hurricane Hanna (2020)

Category 1 hurricane
Duration	July 23 – July 27
Peak intensity	90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min)  973 mbar (hPa)

In July 23, Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico, from a tropical wave. On July 24, it reached tropical storm status, becoming the earliest named eighth storm. The storm rapidly strengthened, becoming a hurricane on July 25. It then before hitting Texas later that day. The damage was bad, as a pandemic was growing at that time.

Hurricane Isaias

See the main article: Hurricane Isaias

Category 1 hurricane
Duration	July 30 – August 5
Peak intensity	90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min)  986 mbar (hPa)

Isaias was a bad storm. It hit the Bahamas, before moving up the east coast of the United States, making landfall in North Carolina. Before the storm formed, it was broad and disorganized, but upon being named on July 30,^[7] Isaias became the earliest ninth named storm ever recorded. It then moved up into the Dominican Republic, and then into the Bahamas. It then traveled off the coast of the United States, and hit North Carolina. Isaias caused over $4.2 billion worth of damage.

Tropical Depression Ten

Tropical depression
Duration	July 31 – August 2
Peak intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min)  1007 mbar (hPa)

Tropical depression Ten formed on July 31, but failed to strengthen due to harsh conditions. The storm moved slowly, and dissipated on August 2. Some tropical storm force winds were found in the center of the system by the National Hurricane Center, but they said it was bloated.

Tropical Storm Josephine

Tropical storm
Duration	August 11 – August 16
Peak intensity	45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min)  1004 mbar (hPa)

Earliest tenth named storm.

Tropical Storm Kyle

Tropical storm
Duration	August 14 – August 16
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min)  1000 mbar (hPa)

Earliest eleventh named storm, breaking the record of Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Laura

See the main article: Hurricane Laura

Category 4 hurricane
Duration	August 20 – August 29
Peak intensity	150 mph (240 km/h) (1-min)  937 mbar (hPa)

On August 20, a tropical wave organized into a tropical depression. The next day, the depression, which was originally disorganized, strengthened into Tropical Storm Laura. Upon reaching tropical storm status, it became the earliest twelfth tropical storm in the Atlantic. The system then passed over the Leeward Islands, passing south of Puerto Rico. The system made landfall on the Dominican Republic, but the system had not lost any strength, despite the mountainous terrain. The system then made landfall in Cuba twice, before becoming a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on August 24. The storm underwent rapid intensification, becoming a category 2 hurricane on August 25. Laura became a major hurricane (Category 3) 9 hours later. The storm then became a Category 4 six hours later. Its highest winds were 150 mph. The storm hit Louisiana around that time. After going over Louisiana, the system quickly weakened, and lost its life over Kentucky.

In Louisiana, buildings were damaged very badly by the storm. The highest winds were reported at 95 miles per hour in Lake Charles, along with a gust of 137 miles per hour also in Lake Charles. Damage was the worst in Lake Charles, where almost every house had a tarp on it to keep out rain after their roofs had been destroyed. Luckily, even though a push of water was supposed to be more than 15 feet in places, at last minute, it moved to the west, pushing all the water into places with fewer people.

Hurricane Marco

Category 1 hurricane
Duration	August 20 – August 25
Peak intensity	75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min)  991 mbar (hPa)

Earliest thirteenth named storm.

Tropical Storm Omar

Tropical storm
Duration	August 31 – September 5
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min)  1003 mbar (hPa)

Earliest fifteenth named storm. Very unusual track.

Hurricane Nana

Category 1 hurricane
Duration	September 1 – September 4
Peak intensity	75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min)  994 mbar (hPa)

Earliest fourteenth named storm. Formed after Omar, but strengthened into a tropical storm before Omar.

Hurricane Paulette

Category 2 hurricane
Duration	September 7 – September 23
Peak intensity	105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min)  965 mbar (hPa)

Earliest sixteenth named storm.^[8] It then made a very rare landfall in Bermuda,^[9] and then dissipated.^[10] After it dissipated, it became a tropical storm again. Because of this, people called it a "zombie storm," because it came back after dissipating.

Tropical Storm Rene

Tropical storm
Duration	September 7 – September 14
Peak intensity	45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min)  1001 mbar (hPa)

Earliest seventeenth named storm.

Hurricane Sally

See the main article: Hurricane Sally

Category 2 hurricane
Duration	September 11 – September 17
Peak intensity	110 mph (175 km/h) (1-min)  965 mbar (hPa)

Earliest eighteenth named storm. Sally hit Alabama as a Category 2 with a peak intensity of 110 mph.

Hurricane Teddy

Category 4 hurricane
Duration	September 12 – September 24
Peak intensity	140 mph (220 km/h) (1-min)  945 mbar (hPa)

Earliest nineteenth named storm.^[11] This storm formed and eventually became a category 4,^[12] before weakening and hitting Newfoundland with winds 65 mph.

Tropical Storm Vicky

Tropical storm
Duration	September 14 – September 17
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min)  1001 mbar (hPa)

Earliest twentieth named storm.

Tropical Storm Beta

Tropical storm
Duration	September 17 – September 23
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min)  993 mbar (hPa)

Earliest twenty-third named storm.

Tropical Storm Wilfred

Tropical storm
Duration	September 18 – September 21
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min)  1006 mbar (hPa)

Earliest twenty-first named storm.

Subtropical Storm Alpha

Subtropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 18 – September 19
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min)  996 mbar (hPa)

Earliest twenty-second named storm. Made an extremely rare landfall in mainland Europe. Made 2020 only the second season to use the Greek Alphabet.

Hurricane Gamma

Category 1 hurricane
Duration	October 2 – October 6
Peak intensity	75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min)  978 mbar (hPa)

Earliest twenty-fourth named storm.

Hurricane Delta

See the main article: Hurricane Delta

Category 4 tropical cyclone
Duration	October 5 – October 11
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min)  953 hPa (mbar)

Earliest twenty-fifth named storm. Made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2, causing catastrophic damage.

Hurricane Epsilon

Category 3 tropical cyclone
Duration	October 19 – October 26
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  952 hPa (mbar)

Earliest twenty-sixth named storm. Fourth major hurricane of the season.

Hurricane Zeta

See the main article: Hurricane Zeta

Category 3 tropical cyclone
Duration	October 24 – 29
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min)  970 hPa (mbar)

Earliest twenty-seventh named storm. Caused damage in the Southeast United States. Brought snow to New England.

Hurricane Eta

See the main article: Hurricane Eta

Category 4 tropical cyclone
Duration	October 31 – November 13
Peak intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min)  922 hPa (mbar)

Earliest twenty-eight named storm. Became a powerful Category 4 hurricane. Struck Central America, Cuba, and Florida.

Tropical Storm Theta

Tropical storm
Duration	October 10 – November 15
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (1-min)  987 hPa (mbar)

On November 10, Subtropical Storm Theta formed, making the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record. The next day, the storm transitioned into a tropical storm, as it peaked with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).^[13] The storm then weakened,^[14] but restrengthened to reach 65 mph (105 km/h),^[15] before weakening, and eventually dissipating on July 15.^[16]

Hurricane Iota

See the main article: Hurricane Iota

Category 4 hurricane
Duration	November 13 – November 18
Peak intensity	155 mph (250 km/h) (1-min)  917 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Iota was a deadly and damaging storm that hit Central America on November 17. Forming in the Caribbean Sea, the storm strengthened a lot rapidly, becoming one of the latest Category 4 storms to form, reaching Category 4 status on November 16.

Season effects

This is a table of all the storms that have formed in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parentheses, damages, 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 tropical wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in USD. Potential tropical cyclones are not included in this table.

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

2020 North Atlantic tropical cyclone season statistics

Storm name	Dates active	Storm category at peak intensity	Max 1-min wind mph (km/h)	Min. press. (mbar)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Arthur	May 16 – 19	Tropical storm	60 (95)	990	Southeastern United States, The Bahamas, Bermuda	$112,000	None	[17]
Bertha	May 27 – 28	Tropical storm	50 (85)	1005	Southeastern United States, The Bahamas	> $130,000	1	[18]
Cristobal	June 1 – 10	Tropical storm	60 (95)	988	Central America, Mexico, Central United States, Great Lakes Region, Eastern Canada	≥ $665 million	15	[19][20][21][22] [23][24]
Dolly	June 22 – 24	Tropical storm	45 (75)	1000	East Coast of the United States, Atlantic CanadaNone	None	None
Edouard	July 4 – 6	Tropical storm	45 (75)	1007	Bermuda, British Isles, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Western Russia	Minimal	None
Fay	July 9 – 11	Tropical storm	60 (95)	998	East Coast of the United States, Eastern Canada	≥ $350 million	6	[25][26][27][28] [24]
Gonzalo	July 21 – 25	Tropical storm	65 (100)	997	Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela	Minimal	None
Hanna	July 23 – 27	Category 1 hurricane	90 (150)	973	Greater Antilles, Gulf Coast of the United States, Mexico	≥ $875 million	5	[29][30][31][32] [24]
Isaias	July 30 – August 5	Category 1 hurricane	90 (150)	986	Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, East Coast of the United States, Eastern Canada	$4.725 billion	18	[33][34][35] [36][37] [38][39][40] [41][42]
Ten	July 31 – August 2	Tropical depression	35 (55)	1007	Cabo Verde Islands	None	None
Josephine	August 11 – 16	Tropical storm	45 (75)	1004	None	None	None
Kyle	August 14 – 16	Tropical storm	50 (85)	1000	The Carolinas	None	None
Laura	August 20 – 29	Category 4 hurricane	150 (240)	937	Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Yucatán Peninsula, Southern United States	$19.1 billion	47 (30)	[43][44][45][46] [47][48][49][50] [51][52][53][54] [55]
Marco	August 20 – 25	Category 1 hurricane	75 (120)	991	Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Central America, Greater Antilles, Yucatán Peninsula, Gulf Coast of the United States	≥ $35 million	1	[55]
Omar	August 31 – September 5	Tropical storm	40 (65)	1003	Southeastern United States, Bermuda, Scotland	None	None
Nana	September 1 – 4	Category 1 hurricane	75 (120)	994	Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Central America, Southeastern Mexico	≥ $20 million	None	[55]
Paulette	September 7 – 23	Category 2 hurricane	105 (165)	965	Cabo Verde Islands, Bermuda, East Coast of the United States, Azores, Madeira	> $50 million	1	[56]
Rene	September 7 – 14	Tropical storm	45 (75)	1001	Senegal, The Gambia, Cabo Verde Islands	Minimal	None
Sally	September 11 – 18	Category 2 hurricane	110 (165)	965	The Bahamas, Cuba, Southeastern United States	≥ $6.26 billion	8	[57][58][59][60] [55]
Teddy	September 12 – 23	Category 4 hurricane	140 (220)	945	Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Bermuda, East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada	> $35 million	3	[56][61]
Vicky	September 14 – 17	Tropical storm	50 (85)	1001	Cabo Verde Islands	Minimal	1
Beta	September 17 – 23	Tropical storm	65 (100)	993	Mexico, Gulf Coast of the United States	≥ $400 million	1	[56]
Wilfred	September 18 – 21	Tropical storm	40 (65)	1006	None	None	None
Alpha	September 18 – 19	Subtropical storm	50 (85)	996	Iberian Peninsula	> $1 million	1	[55][62]
Gamma	October 2 – 6	Category 1 hurricane	75 (120)	978	Cayman Islands, Central America, Yucatán Peninsula	> $100 million	7	[56]
Delta	October 5 – 10	Category 4 hurricane	140 (220)	953	Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Central America, Yucatán Peninsula, Gulf Coast of the United States	$4.19 billion	6	[63]
Epsilon	October 19 – 26	Category 3 hurricane	115 (185)	952	Bermuda	Minimal	None
Zeta	October 24 – 29	Category 3 hurricane	115 (185)	970	Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Central America, Yucatán Peninsula, Gulf Coast of the United States, East Coast of the United States	≥ $4.4 billion	8	[64][65]
Eta	October 31 – November 13	Category 4 hurricane	150 (240)	922	ABC Islands, Jamaica, San Andrés and Providencia, Central America, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Cuba, The Bahamas, Southeastern United States	$8.3 billion	172 (3)	[66][67][68]
Theta	November 10 – 15	Tropical storm	70 (110)	987	Canary Islands, Madeira	None	None
Iota	November 13 – 18	Category 4 hurricane	155 (250)	917	ABC Islands, Venezuela, Colombia, San Andrés and Providencia, Central America, Mexico	$1.4 billion	67 (17)	[68]
Season Aggregates
31 systems	May 16 – November 18		155 (250)	917		> $51.105 billion	≥ 339 (77)

Related pages

• Tropical cyclone
• Atlantic hurricane

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