1999 What-might-have-been Atlantic hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1999 Atlantic hurricane season was an extremely active season, featuring 14 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, and ended on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. Due to a La Niña weather pattern, the season was above-average.

Storm names
The following names were used during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season in North Atlantic for systems that reached at least tropical storm intensity. This is the same list that was used in the 1993 season. Storms were named Maria and Nate for the first (and only, in the case of Nate) time in 1999. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.

Retirement
In the spring of 2000, the World Meteorological Association retired the names Floyd, Harvey, and Nate from their rotating name lists due to the deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Franklin, Harold, and Noah in the 2005 season.