1978 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1978 Atlantic hurricane season was the last Atlantic hurricane season to use an all-female naming list. It was a slightly-above-average season, with 13 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes forming. The season officially began on June 1, 1978, and ended on November 30, 1978. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1978. This was the only time this list of names was used in the Atlantic basin. The names Amelia, Bess, Cora, Flossie, Hope, Irma, Juliet, and Louise were used for the first time this year.

Retirement
In the spring of 1979, at the 2nd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Hope from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths it caused, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. However, no name was selected to replace it as a new set of naming lists including male names was introduced for future seasons.