2020 Atlantic storms
HURRICANE NAMES are pulled from six rotating lists maintained and updated by the World Meteorological Organization. Storm names are retired only when those storms are particularly deadly or costly. Here are the 2020 storm names and activity so far.
TROPICAL STORM
ARTHUR
May 16: Tropical Storm Arthur forms about 190 miles east-northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. May 19: Weakens to a post-tropical cyclone. BERTHA
May 27: Tropical Storm Bertha forms near the coast of South Carolina and then makes landfall approximately 20 miles east of Charleston. May 28: Weakens to a post-tropical cyclone. CRISTOBAL
June 2: Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in the southern Gulf of Mexico.
June 3: Makes landfall in southern Mexico near the town of Atasta.
June 7: Makes landfall in Louisiana. June 8: Weakens to a tropical depression. DOLLY
June 23: Tropical Storm Dolly forms. June 24: Weakens to a post-tropical cyclone. EDOUARD
July 5: Tropical Storm Edouard forms. July 6: Weakens to a post-tropical cyclone. FAY
July 9: Tropical Storm Fay forms off the coast of North Carolina.
July 10: Makes landfall in New Jersey.
July 11: Weakens to a tropical depression.
TROPICAL STORM
GONZALO
July 22: Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms in the
Atlantic.
July 25: Weakens to a tropical depression. HANNA
July 23: Tropical Storm Hanna forms in the Gulf of Mexico.
July 25: Hanna strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane and later makes landfall on Padre Island, Texas.
July 26: Weakens to a tropical storm, and then to a tropical depression. ISAIAS
July 29: Tropical Storm Isaias forms in the Caribbean.
July 30: Isaias strengthens into a hurricane. August 3: Isaias makes landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.
August 4: Is downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues to move up the East Coast.