1980 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season, although it featured one of the latest first named storm formation dates ever observed in an Atlantic hurricane season. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates historically describe the period of year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1980. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1986 season. This year marked the first usage for all of these names with the exception of Frances, which was previously used in 1961, 1968, and 1976.

Retirement
In the spring of 1981, at the 3rd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Allen from its rotating name lists due to the amount of deaths and damage it caused, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. Allen was replaced with Andrew for the 1986 season.