1983 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1983 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active Atlantic hurricane season since 1962, with only 5 named storms, 3 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane forming. The season officially began on June 1, 1983, and will end on November 30, 1983. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, the season's first named storm, Alicia, did not develop until August 15.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1983. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1989 season. This year marked the first usage for this list of names in the North Atlantic basin. The names Alicia, Barry, Chantal, Dean, and Erin were used for the first (and only, in the case of Alicia) time this year.

Retirement
In the spring of 1984, at the 6th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Alicia 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. Alicia was replaced with Allison for the 1989 season.