The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1, 2018 and ended November 30th, 2018.
Seasonal forecasts[]
| Source | Date | Named
storms |
Hurricanes | Major
hurricanes | |
| NOAA | May 19, 2018 | 11 | 5 | 2 | |
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| Actual activity | 15 | 10 | 6 | ||
Season Summary[]
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was the 4th most active season of the 2010s decade, and perhaps Sixth most active overall, spawning 17 Depressions, 15 Storms, 10 hurricanes and a near record 6 Major.
The season started with Tropical Storm Alberto forming 2 Days after the official start of the season.
Hurricane Beryl became the first Major hurricane of the season in Late-July, whilst co-existing with Hurricane Chris
Gordon became 2nd Strongest storm of the Season, it was the Most Intense Hurricane since Igor of 2010, it was also the Strongest Gulf Hurricane since perhaps Isaac from 2012.
Also, during Gordon was one of Four named Storms Active from its August 31 Formation date to formation of Joyce on September 12, an Event not seen since the 1998 Season, 20 years earlier.
But it didn't stop at Joyce, before Isaac, the Third of the Cyclonic Quartet, dissipated on September 28, the strongest storm of the season, Kirk, Formed on September 18, later, Kirk became a Category-5, with its peak being 165 mph (270 km/h), this made Kirk the strongest storm of the season.
October featured Five Total Cyclones, one of which, Leslie, crossed over from September.
The season finally ended with Oscar, the 6th and Final Major Hurricane of the season, which started on October 31 (Halloween) in the Caribbean Sea, it cut through the Caribbean and became a hurricane in Early-November.
It proceeded north, briefly weakening to a Tropical Storm after it passed over Hispaniola as a Category-1, then it Intensified to its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) late on November 7.
Oscar later became Extratropical on November 14, thus ending the above-average '2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
In Total, the season caused $5.86 billion (2015 USD) and killed 134.
Storms[]
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Tropical Storm Alberto[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 3 – June 7 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) 989 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Depression Two[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 30 – July 2 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min) 1004 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Beryl[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 16 – July 31 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 145 mph (230 km/h) (1-min) 934 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Chris[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 21 – July 26 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 987 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Debby[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 1 – August 4 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) 989 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Ernesto[]
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 6 – August 18 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min) 950 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Florence[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 20 – August 30 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 110 mph (175 km/h) (1-min) 958 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Gordon[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 31 – September 14 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 155 mph (250 km/h) (1-min) 926 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Helene[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
  | |
| Duration | September 2 – September 16 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 135 mph (215 km/h) (1-min) 940 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Isaac[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 10 – September 28 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) 964 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Joyce[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
  | |
| Duration | September 12 – September 17 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) 989 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Kirk[]
| Category 5 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 18 – October 1 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 165 mph (270 km/h) (1-min) 911 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Leslie[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
  | |
| Duration | September 30 – October 12 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min) 967 mbar (hPa) |
Subtropical Storm Michael[]
| Subtropical storm (SSHWS) | |
  | |
| Duration | October 10 – October 14 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 996 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Depression Fifteen[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 19 – October 22 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min) 1004 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Nadine[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 21 – October 24 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 993 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Oscar[]
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 31 – November 14 |
|---|---|
| Peak intensity | 115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min) 959 mbar (hPa) |
Timeline[]
Storm names[]
The following names will be used to name tropical and subtropical cyclones in the 2024 season.
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Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating[]
| ACE (104 kt2) – Storm: Source | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39.8 | Kirk | 12 | 5.02 | Alberto |
| 2 | 31.0 | Gordon | 13 | 4.23 | Debby |
| 3 | 30.0 | Beryl | 14 | 3.65 | Nadine |
| 4 | 25.0 | Helene | 15 | 3.00 | Michael |
| 5 | 21.7 | Ernesto | 16 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 6 | 20.0 | Oscar | 17 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 7 | 14.3 | Florence | 18 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 8 | 13.1 | Isaac | 19 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 9 | 10.5 | Leslie | 20 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 10 | 6.99 | Chris | 21 | 0.00 | Storm |
| 11 | 5.77 | Joyce | 22 | 0.00 | Storm |
| Total=234.06 | |||||
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 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto | June 3 – June 7 | Tropical storm | 65 (100) | 989 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Two | June 30 – July 2 | Tropical depression | 35 (55) | 1004 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Beryl | July 16 – July 31 | Category 4 hurricane | 145 (230) | 934 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Chris | July 21 – July 26 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 (120) | 987 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Debby | August 1 – August 4 | Tropical storm | 65 (100) | 989 | US Gulf Coast (Texas) | 15 | 5 |
| Ernesto | August 6 – August 18 | Category 3 hurricane | 120 (195) | 950 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Florence | August 20 – August 30 | Category 2 hurricane | 110 (175) | 958 | US East Coast (Georgia), The Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico | 535 | 20 |
| Gordon | August 31 – September 14 | Category 4 hurricane | 155 (250) | 926 | US Gulf Coast (Alabama), Cuba, Mexico | 5,000 | 74 |
| Helene | September 2 – September 16 | Category 4 hurricane | 135 (215) | 940 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac | September 10 – September 28 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 (165) | 964 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Joyce | September 12 – September 17 | Tropical storm | 65 (100) | 989 | US East Coast (Florida) | 30 | 7 |
| Kirk | September 18 – October 1 | Category 5 hurricane | 165 (270) | 911 | Newfoundland | 20 | 5 |
| Leslie | September 30 – October 12 | Category 2 hurricane | 100 (155) | 967 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Michael | October 10 – October 14 | Subtropical storm | 50 (85) | 996 | US East Coast (Florida) | 10 | 5 |
| Fifteen | October 19 – October 22 | Tropical depression | 35 (55) | 1004 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Nadine | October 21 – October 24 | Tropical storm | 60 (95) | 993 | None | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar | October 31 – November 14 | Category 3 hurricane | 115 (185) | 959 | Newfoundland, The Bahamas, Hispaniola | 250 | 17 |