2016 Atlantic hurricane season (Berg edition)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was the first above-average Atlantic hurricane season since 2012. 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, being the first hurricane to develop in January since 1938. The final storm, Otto, crossed into the Eastern Pacific on November 25, a few days before the official end.

The strongest storm of the season was Hurricane Matthew, which was operationally the southernmost Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record and the first to reach that intensity since Felix in 2007. However, Matthew was downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane in post-season analysis.

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 season, with the exceptions of Ian and Tobias, which replaced Igor and Tomas, respectively. The name Ian was used for the first time this year.