2023 Atlantic hurricane season (HurricaneLucas4064)

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was an above average season, featuring 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes which caused a total of over $TBA billion (2023 USD) in damages. The season officially began on June 1, 2023, and ended on November 30, 2023. 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.

System Names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2023. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2029 season. This was the same list used in the 2017 season, with the exceptions of Harold, Idalia, Margot, and Nigel, which replaced Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate, respectively. The names Harold, Idalia, Margot, and Nigel were used for the first (and only, in the case of Nigel) time this year.

Retirement
On March 23, 2023, at the 46th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Don, Gert, and Nigel from their rotating naming lists due to the number of deaths and amount of damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with Diego, Ghita, and Noah for the 2029 season, respectively.