2016 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active, destructive, and deadly Atlantic hurricane season, with 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes forming. 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, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year, as shown by the formation of Hurricane Andrew on January 12, which became only the fifth Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to form in the month as well as only the second to become a hurricane.

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, Martin, and Owen, which replaced Igor, Matthew, and Otto, respectively, and were used for the first time this year.