2020 Atlantic Hurricane season

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season was above average. The season has the fourth most named storms on record. Hurricane Bertha made landfall on Spain as a tropical storm killing 1. Hurricane Nana made landfall on the Gulf Coast States on October 4 and killed 26 and caused $ 4.8 billion in damage. The season contained many records too. This season broke the record of having 6 storms before August. The record was broken in 2025 though. Tropical Storm Dolly was the first storm to cross into the South Atlantic. Hurricane Nana was the fastest forming hurricane. Hurricane Marco became the longest lasting hurricane in the Atlantic. Marco lasted for 38 days. Hurricane Josephine was the first hurricane to make landfall on Iceland at hurricane strength.

The result of this season was above average with 17 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes.

Accumulated Cyclone energy
This season had a pretty high ACE. The ACE for this year was 198 which is well over the 1995-2019 median.