2016 What-Might-Have-Been Atlantic Hurricane Season (Dez)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was a highly above-average Atlantic hurricane season, with 18 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes forming. The season also had the greatest Hurricane to Major Hurricane ratio on record. The season officially began on June 1, 2016, and ended on November 30, 2016. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, tropical cyclogenesis is possible at any time of the year, as demonstrated by the formation of Hurricane Alex on January 11 as well as Tropical Storm Bonnie on May 26.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2016. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2022 season. This was the same list used in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The name Ian was used for the first (and only) time this year.

Retirement
On April 25, 2017, at the 39th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Alex, Fiona, Lisa, Otto, Paula and Shary from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with Anthony, Fallyn, Lynn, Owen, Paige and Sydney for the 2022 season.