2009 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes forming. The season officially began on June 1, 2009, and ended on November 30, 2009. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, tropical cyclogenesis is possible at any time of the year, as shown by the formation of Tropical Storm Ana on May 21.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2009. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2015 season. This was the same list used in the 2003 season, with the exceptions of Fred, Ida, and Laurence, which replaced Fabian, Isabel, and Larry, respectively.