This was a quiet season due the El Nino.
Tropical Depression One January 1 - January 7 killed 0
Tropical Storm Arlene May 5 - May 10 killed 12
Tropical Storm Bret June 1 - June 4 killed 0
Hurricane Cindy June 6 - June 16 cat1 killed 0
Tropical Storm Don June 21 - June 27 killed 12* Don was the third storm to never reach hurricane status.
Hurricane Emily July 1 - July 23 cat4 killed 0
Tropical Storm Franklin July 3 - July 17 killed 0
Hurricane Gert July 14 - July 24 cat5 killed 1233441
Tropical Storm Harvey August 1 - August 6 killed 0
Tropical Storm Irma August 11 - August 21 killed 0
Tropical Storm Jose September 21 - September 29 killed 0
Tropical Storm Katia September 29 - October 1 killed 0
Tropical Storm Lee November 4 - November 12 killed 0
Names and retirement[]
In spring of 2018 the WMO retired the name Gert from the naming list it will never be used again for an Atlantic Hurricane Season it was replaced by the name Genni for the 2023 Season .The name Irma was used to replaced retired name Irene it was also used in the 1978 Hurricane Season
Names any unused names are marked in gray.
- Arlene
- Bret
- Cindy
- Don
- Emily
- Franklin
- Gert
- Harvey
- Irma
- Jose
- Katia
- Lee
- Maria (unused)
- Nate (unused)
- Ophelia (unused)
- Phillipe (unused)
- Rina (unused)
- Sean (unused)
- Tammy (unused)
- Vince (unused)
- Whitney (unused)