2006 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was a near average Atlantic hurricane season, producing 10 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, 2006, and ended on November 30, 2006. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2006. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2012 season. This was the same list used in the 2000 season, with the exceptions of Gerald and Noreen, which replaced Gordon and Nadine, respectively. The name Gerald was used for the first time this year.

Retirement
On April 9, 2007, at the 29th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Florence from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths it caused, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. Florence was replaced with Francine for the 2012 season.