2016 What-might-have-been Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was the first above-average Atlantic hurricane season since 2013. The season officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30, though the first storm, Hurricane Alex which formed in the Northeastern Atlantic, developed on January 12. The season produced a total of 16 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes.