2008 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was a hyperactive and disastrous Atlantic hurricane season, with over $50 billion in damages and over 1,000 deaths being caused by the season's storms.

The season officially began on June 1, 2008, and ended on November 30, 2008. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, tropical cyclogenesis is possible at any time of the year, as shown by the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur on May 31.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2008. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2014 season. This was the same list used in the 2002 season, with the exceptions of Ike and Laura, which replaced Isidore and Lili. The names Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally, and Teddy were used for the first time this year.