2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season (FM Cube)

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was a super hyperactive season that featured the highest storm countsince 2017. Of the seventeen storms that formed, 11 strengthened into hurricanes, a record 9 further strengthened into major hurricanes, a record 7 of those strengthened into category 4 or higher, and 2 strengthened into category 5s: Julian and Nicholas. This is only the seventh time where there has been multiple category 5s in one season. Hurricane Julian was the first category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since 2017,and later wreaked havoc on the Northeast US. The season produced the fourth highest ACE value on record at the time, however it would fall to 5th following the record-shattering 2022 season.

The strongest Category 4 was Hurricane Larry, a storm with a size on the order of Hurricane Sandy. Larry laid waste to the entire Gulf Coast as it made landfall in Texas. Hurricane Nicholas brought extremely heavy rains in Hispaniola which caused devastating mudslides in both countries on the island. Nicholas also tied the record for highest wind speed in the Atlantic basin, and joined the sub-900 pressure club, the first time a hurricane's pressure went below 900 millibars since 2005.

Season Summary
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Tropical Storm Ana
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Tropical Storm Bill
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Tropical Storm Claudette
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Hurricane Danny
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Hurricane Elsa
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