2017 Atlantic hurricane season (Steven's version)

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season began on June 1, 2017, and it ended on November 30, 2017, dates of which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, the season exceeded these bounds when the last storm, Subtropical Storm Alpha, dissipated on December 3 only a few days after the official end of the season. This season was extremely active and destructive, and produced a grand total of 23 tropical cyclones of which 22 became a named storm, 12 became hurricanes, and 6 further strengthened to major hurricane strength (C3+ on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). The number of majors were the most since the 2005 season and the number of hurricanes is tied for the second most on record along with 2010 season and 1969 season. This season also produced the most number of storms since the 2005 season and became the first season to use the Greek alphabet since 2005. It was also the 2nd most active season on record, beating the 1933 season.

The strongest storm was Jose, reaching Category 5 intensity and becoming among the strongest storms in the Atlantic during the 21st century, reaching 185 mph and 891 mbars. Jose caused massive devastation along its path from the Lesser Antilles to the Greater Antilles, Yucatan, and Mexico. Also of note: Emily, Katia, and Philippe were also very devastating storms. Emily was a Category 3 that struck the Lesser Antilles as a tropical storm and later on struck the Bahamas, Florida, and the US Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane in late July/very early August. Katia peaked as a Category 3 as it struck the eastern seaboard, and Philippe was the second and last Category 5 of the season and it raged through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, striking the Yucatan while it was near the boundary of C4/C5 and then it struck Texas as a weaker hurricane. The other major hurricanes that weren't mentioned before were Harvey and Maria. Harvey peaked as a Category 4 and Maria peaked as a Category 3, however these storms affected less land and weren't nearly as destructive as the other majors. Out of storms that didn't reach hurricane strength, Franklin, Sean, and Whitney were still pretty destructive. Franklin was a Category 1 that wrecked havoc in Mexico, Sean was also a Category 1 and it wrecked havoc in Florida and the US Gulf Coast, and Whitney was a late-season Category 2 that wrecked havoc in the Windward Islands, Haiti, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Season summary
(Info coming April 14th)

Storm names
The following names were used to name tropical cyclones this year. This is the same list used in the 2011 season, expect for Irma, which replaced Irene, the name of a devastating hurricane that struck the US east coast in 2011. The names Irma and Whitney were used for the first time this year. Unused names are marked in. The names not retired from this list will be used again in 2023.

Greek Alphabet
Due to extreme activity, the original name list was exhausted. Because of this the NHC had to resort to using the Greek Alphabet, only the 2nd time this happened, after 2005. Only one name (Alpha) was used from this list this year. This list only shows the first 10 letters of the Greek Alphabet:

Retirement
Due to extensive damage and deaths, the names Emily, Jose, Katia, and Philippe were officially retired, and will never be used again to name an Atlantic hurricane. They have been replaced by Emma, Jorge, Karla, and Pedro for use in the 2023 season.

List for 2023: