2020 Atlantic hurricane season (Cardozo)

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season ever to reach a 1:1 ratio in named storms to hurricanes. It featured twelve depressions, which all strengthened into named storms, which all strengthened into hurricanes, and seven of them became major hurricanes, tying the record for most major hurricanes with 2005 and 1961. The season featured the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth, Cristobal, that had 215 mph (345 km/h) winds and a pressure of 868 mbar. The first storm, Arthur, formed one day after the season started, and the last storm, Laura, turned extratropical the day the season ended.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2011. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2026 season. This was the exact same list used in the 2014 season. No names were used for the first time this year.

Retirement
On March 20, 2021, at the 41st season of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Bertha, Cristobal, and Dolly from its 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 were replaced with Brianna, Connor, and Dorothy, respectively, for the 2026 season.