2002 WMHB Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season was a slightly above-average Atlantic hurricane season, despite El Niño conditions which had developed earlier in the year. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates historically describe the period of year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2002. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2008 season. This was the same list used in the 1996 season, with the exceptions of Becky, Cristobal, Fay, and Hanna, which replaced Bertha, Cesar, Fran, and Hortense, respectively, and were all used for the first time this year.

Retirement
On March 30, 2003, at the 25th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Isidore and Lili from its rotating name lists due to the amount of deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Ike and Laura for the 2008 season.