2016 Atlantic hurricane season (WTF version - Sassmaster15)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season is the only tropical cyclone season on record to feature all Category 5 hurricanes. With all fourteen named storms having winds of at least 160 miles per hour, it is the only hurricane season anywhere globally to have all storms become hurricanes, all hurricanes become major hurricanes, and all major hurricanes to peak as a Category 5, the highest categorization for tropical cyclones according to the Saffir-simpson scale. The official dates that conventionally delimit tropical cyclone formation in the North Atlantic are June 1st to November 30th. However, the first storm, Alex, did not develop until nearly a month in. The season produced the top four most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record, among these was Hurricane Hermine - the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.

Impact during the season was widespread and calamitous, as every storm impacted land to some degree. Ten of the fourteen storms made landfall as a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher according to the Saffir-simpson scale). Of these, six made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane - making this year the only in history to have such a significant amount of landfalling hurricanes at that intensity. 2016 was also the first year to feature a Category 5 in the Atlantic since 2007, the first year to feature a landfalling Category 5 since 2007, and the first to feature a landfalling Category 5 in the United States since 1992. The United States was struck on five occasions - twice by a Category 5, and at least three more by a major hurricane. In addition, Cuba was struck on two separate occasions - once by a major, and still another as a minimal hurricane. Bermuda was also struck once by a major hurricane - the first Category 5 hurricane landfall in the island nation in recorded history. Many other municipilaties and countries throughout the Atlantic basin were struck multiple times. The season's cumulative death and damage total made it the costliest and deadliest on record.