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Mostly randomly generated seasons.

15 - 14 - 8 - 4

An above-average season, with activity before and after the official bounds of the season. Two tropical cyclones in May for the first time since 2012. July was very active, featuring 4 tropical storms and 2 hurricanes. The Carolinas were hit by three hurricanes, and Louisiana got a major hurricane, Jerry. There was also an extremely rare hurricane landfall on Maine.

ACE: 92 (Near-normal)

Strongest storm: Jerry (130mph)

Retired: Barry - Bruce, Jerry - Jean

16 - 14 - 9 - 3

Another above-average season, however it was slightly weaker than the previous one. Two off season cyclones in December for the first time since 2003. The most notable storm was Hurricane Isaias which came very close to making landfall in the Carolinas but recurved at the last minute.

ACE: 97 (Near-normal)

Strongest storm: Kyle (125mph)

Retired: None

12 - 12 - 8 - 3

A near-average season. The worst storms were hurricanes Florence and Joyce which hit Florida and North Carolina respectively.

ACE: 102 (Near-normal)

Strongest storm: Isaac (130mph)

Retired: Florence - Fern, Joyce - Joanna



20 - 20 - 14 - 7

An extremely active season tied with 1933 for the second most active in the historical record. Surpassed 1893 to have the third-highest ACE on record, at 232. Arthur was an extremely rare Category 4 hurricane in May which became the earliest major hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, causing catastrophic damage in Honduras. Seven major hurricanes formed, tying 2005 and 1961 for the highest number ever recorded. 14 hurricanes fell 1 short of 2005's record.

ACE: 232

An active season, but a lot of the storms were weak. July was extremely active with 7 tropical cyclones forming, eclipsing 2005's record of 5.

An extremely active season with 19 named storms and 13 hurricanes but was very unusual in that none of them strengthened to major hurricanes. This led to an ACE of just 88, which was still near-normal but well below average given the number of hurricanes. Dry air dominated the tropical Atlantic throughout the season leading to a much weaker season, and prevented many of the storms from strengthening further.

Another extremely active season with 23 depressions, the highest value since 2005. 18 of these strengthened into tropical storms, 9 became hurricanes and 3 became major hurricanes. Hurricane Gaston brought hurricane-force winds to Bermuda after strengthening rapidly close to the island; Julia caused devastation in Texas after stalling near the coastline as a major hurricane, then making landfall; Martin was one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes to ever hit Mexico, making 2 separate landfalls on the country. July had an extremely active period in the subtropics with five subtropical depressions forming in succession, one of which tracked westward and strengthened into Hurricane Bonnie. December was also very active, with three tropical cyclones existing within the month.

22 - 21 - 9 - 4

ACE: 137

The second most active season on record in terms of named storms, but a lot of them were weak with only 9 strengthening into hurricanes. Four of those strengthened into major hurricanes, but this was still well above the average of six and two respectively. August was an extremely active month with seven named storms forming, trailing 2004's record of 8. The strongest storm was Paulette which affected the Azores as a minimal Category 1 hurricane.

14 - 13 - 9 - 4

An above-average season that featured 8 consecutive hurricanes. The Florida Panhandle, particularly Panama City, was devastated by hurricanes Claudette and Grace both making landfall as major hurricanes. Claudette also badly affected Cuba when it took a southeast to northwest track through the country. Hurricane Danny rapidly intensified on approach to South Carolina, but weakened to Category 3 status before making landfall. Grace struck the Yucatan at Category 3 intensity, weakened to Category 1 then restrengthened unexpectedly before landfall on Mexico Beach. It then regenerated into a tropical storm in the open Atlantic before dissipating. Henri brought minor impacts to the Lesser Antilles as a Category 1. Texas was also badly affected with several storms crossing into the Gulf and making landfall. In all, this season had 3 US major hurricane landfalls, one of the highest totals in a season.

18 - 15 - 10 - 7

A well above average season with 7 majors, but most of them stayed away from land with the exception of Ida which brushed the Florida Keys and made landfall on Texas.

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