1998 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1998 Atlantic hurricane season was a hyperactive and catastrophic Atlantic hurricane season that produced 14 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes. It was the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, and also one of the costliest at the time. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates historically describe the period of year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1998. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2004 season. This was the same list used in the 1992 season, with the exception of Alex, which replaced Andrew. The name Alex was used for the first time this year.

Retirement
In the spring of 1999, at the 21st session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Bonnie, Georges and Mitch 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 Becky, Gaston, and Matthew for the 2004 season.