1976 Atlantic deathicane season

The 1976 Atlantic deathicane season was a slightly below average Atlantic hurricane season, featuring eight named storms, four hurricanes, and one major hurricane. The strongest hurricane of the season was Hurricane Emily, which reached Category 3 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Storm names
The following names were used in the 1976 season. The names not retired from this list will be reused in the 1982 season. This is the same list used for the 1970 season except for Arlene and Bret, which replaced Arlene and Bret. Storms were named Gaston, Matthew, and Otto for the first time in 2004. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. Names not assigned are marked in.

Season effects
This is a table of all the storms that formed in the 1970 Atlantic deathicane season. It includes their duration, names, affected areas, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in 1964 USD.