2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season (WeatherWill )

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a well below-average hurricane season, only sporting 10 named storms, the lowest since 2009. Despite this, there were seven hurricanes, three of which were major hurricanes. The season started on June 25, when Antoine formed. The season ended on December 7, when erratic Joyce dissipated. On August 29, Dorothy became a Category 5, the first since Julia of 2022 and the first major since Julia as well. Only two storms did not make landfall. Francine stayed out in the east and Joyce moved sporadically near the Bahamas and Bermuda. The Bahamas were hit by multiple storms this year. Dorothy weakened over the islands. Ernesto caused mudslides and flooding. Gordon brought terrible wind damage to multiple islands, including Grand Bahama and the predecessor to Joyce caused minor flooding. Joyce developed in November but moved into December, making it the most recent postseason storm since Lisa of 2022.

On December 21, a non-tropical low was mistaken as a subtropical system and named Subtropical Storm Kirk. The low moved across the northern Atlantic. During post-analysis, it was found that Kirk did not happen and as such, was removed from the list of storms.

Dorothy, Ernesto, Gordon, and Helene were all billion-dollar disasters. This is the most since 2019, where Imelda, Jerry, Melissa, Pablo, and Rebekah caused at least one billion dollars. Dorothy struck the Yucatan as a Category 5 and Florida as a Category 4. Dorothy ended up causing $3.5 billion. Ernesto and Gordon brought terrible damage to the Bahamas. Ernesto caused many many floods and Gordon caused tremendous wind damage. Ernesto caused $9.0 billion while Gordon caused $2.9 billion. Helene was the only billion-dollar hurricane that was not retired. Helene struck Louisiana and caused record high river levels. Helene barely crossed the threshold, causing exactly $1 billion. Helene is one of two billion-dollar hurricanes since 2019 to not be retired, the other one being Bertha of 2020 which struck Belize.

Storm names
The following list of names is being used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2023. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2029 season. This is the same list used in the 2018 season, with the exception of the names Antoine, Dorothy, Francine, Leah, Natalia, Sue and Tate which replaced Alberto, Debby, Florence, Leslie, Nadine, Sara, and Tony. Antoine, Dorothy, and Francine were used for the first time this year

Auxiliary Naming List
These names are names used when the NHC runs out of names. These names can be retired if needed. The list has only been used once since its founding in 2019. This list has never been used, however, the other list's first name, Arlo, was used in the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Retirement
On April 10, 2025, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Dorothy, Ernesto and Gordon from its rotating naming lists due to the number of deaths and amount of damage they caused, especially to the Bahamas and Yucatan Peninsula and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with Desiree, Evan and Gregory for the 2030 season, respectively.