1962 Atlantic hurricane season (GiedriusforCat5 WMHB)

The 1962 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active since 1957, with eight named storms. The season officially began on June 15th and ended on November 15th, and the first storm of the season developed on July 3rd, while the last dissipated on October 22nd. The season as a whole was not damaging, only resulting in 47 deaths and $5.1 million in damages, which was much less damage than the previous two seasons, both of which were near $2 billion. Overall, no powerful systems affected land, with the most powerful landfall being at category 2 intensity in Cape Cod. The strongest storm of the season, Hallie, was a high end category 3 hurricane that stayed offshore and resulted in no impacts on land, while the other major of the season, Flossie, approached close to Canada as a category 2, but ultimately failed to make landfall.

The deadliest storm of the season was Alma, which dropped relatively large amounts of rain over Hispaniola, causing 24 fatalities, with the next deadliest storm, Greta, also dumping large amounts of rain, with Central America suffering 13 fatalities. The rest of the fatalities were caused by other systems in the season. The costliest storm of the season was Becky, which brought high winds to the United States Eastern Seaboard, costing $3.3 million.

Storm names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1962. Names that were not assigned are marked in. Because of the season's relatively low impact, no storms were retired during the 1962 season, and none of the storms below were used for the first time.