1964 Atlantic hurricane season (GiedriusforCat5 WMHB)

The 1964 Atlantic hurricane season was an active season that officially began on June 15, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The season was slightly above average, with thirteen total storms and seven hurricanes. Six of the seven hurricanes developed into major hurricanes, with two of the six majors becoming category 5 hurricanes. The first system brought minor landfall to Central America in early May. The first named storm developed before the season's official start, making landfall in the United States as a tropical storm.

The most damaging storms of the season were Cleo, Florence, and Janet, all of which struck land at major hurricane intensity or stronger. Cleo caused devastation in the Caribbean, Haiti, Cuba, and Florida, Florence made a direct landfall near the Florida - Georgia border as a Category 4 hurricane, while Janet struck Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, causing large scale devastation, and severe flooding in New Orleans. Overall, the storms of 1964 were responsible for 3132 deaths, 2589 of them from Cleo, and over $1.103 billion in damages, $650 million of which came from Janet.

Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1964. This is the same list used in the 1960 season with the exception of Emma, which replaced Ethel. A storm was named Katy, Lila, and Molly for the first time in 1964. The names Emma, Florence, and Janet were later retired and replaced with Elizabeth, Freda, and Janice, respectively, in the 1968 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in.

Season effects
The following table lists all of the storms that have formed in the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) (in parentheses), 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 of the damage figures are in 1964 USD.