The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1st, 2009 and ended November 30th, 2009.
Seasonal forecasts
| Source | Date | Named
storms |
Hurricanes | Major
hurricanes | |
| NOAA | May 19, 2018 | 11 | 5 | 2 | |
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| Actual activity | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||
Season Summary
Storms
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Tropical Storm Ana
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
  | |
| Duration | June 30 – July 4 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 995 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Bill
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | August 2 – August 14 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min) 960 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Claudette
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | August 10 – August 16 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 987 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Danny
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | August 15 – August 20 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 70 mph (110 km/h) (1-min) 986 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Erika
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
 | |
| Duration | August 31 – September 4 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 996 mbar (hPa) |
Timeline
Storm names
The following names will be used to name tropical and subtropical cyclones in the 2009 season.
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Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating
| ACE (104 kt2) – Storm: Source | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.00 | Storm | 12 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 2 | 0.00 | Storm | 13 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 3 | 0.00 | Storm | 14 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 4 | 0.00 | Storm | 15 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 5 | 0.00 | Storm | 16 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 6 | 0.00 | Storm | 17 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 7 | 0.00 | Storm | 18 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 8 | 0.00 | Storm | 19 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 9 | 0.00 | Storm | 20 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 10 | 0.00 | Storm | 21 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 11 | 0.00 | Storm | 22 | 0.00 | Storm |
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ACE is the result of a storm's winds multiplied by how long it lasted for, so storms or subtropical storms (Originally not included up until 2012) that at lasted a long time , as well as particularly strong hurricanes , have higher ACE totals. Tropical Depressions are not included in season total.
Season effects
This is a table of the storms and their effects in the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. This table includes the storm's names, duration, peak intensity, Areas affected (bold indicates made landfall in that region at least once), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave or a low. All of the damage figures are in 2015 USD (the listed damage figure is in millions).
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category at peak intensity |
Max 1-min wind mph (km/h) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana | June 30 – July 4 | Tropical storm | 60 (95) | 995 | Bermuda | 5 | 3 |