The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was slightly above average due to warm ENSO Neutral conditions and a continued positive AMO.
Timeline[]
Storms[]
Tropical Storm Alberto[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Severe tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | May 13 – May 16 |
| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) 1-min 998 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Beryl[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 1 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | June 21 – June 24 |
| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) 1-min 991 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Chris[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 2 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | July 26 – August 2 |
| Peak intensity | 100 mph (160 km/h) 1-min 973 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Debby[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 1 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | August 5 – August 17 |
| Peak intensity | 85 mph (135 km/h) 1-min 979 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Depression Five[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical depression (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | August 13 – August 14 |
| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) 1-min 1007 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Ernesto[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 4 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | August 11 – August 26 |
| Peak intensity | 150 mph (240 km/h) 1-min 938 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Florence[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | August 22 – September 1 |
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (80 km/h) 1-min 1001 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Gordon[]
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 3 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | September 4 – September 12 |
| Peak intensity | 120 mph (195 km/h) 1-min 955 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Depression Nine[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical depression (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | September 11 – September 12 |
| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) 1-min 1008 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Helene[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Severe tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | September 19 – September 23 |
| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) 1-min 996 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Isaac[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | September 25 – September 28 |
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (80 km/h) 1-min 1002 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Joyce[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 2 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | October 4 – October 14 |
| Peak intensity | 100 mph (160 km/h) 1-min 967 mbar (hPa) |
Hurricane Kirk[]
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Category 3 hurricane (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | October 11 – October 27 |
| Peak intensity | 115 mph (185 km/h) 1-min 958 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Leslie[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | October 23 – October 26 |
| Peak intensity | 45 mph (70 km/h) 1-min 1005 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical Storm Michael[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
|---|---|
| Tropical storm (HTMC) | |
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| Duration | November 1 – November 4 |
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (80 km/h) 1-min 1000 mbar (hPa) |
Season Effects[]
This is a table of all of the storms that formed in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2018 USD.
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category at peak intensity | Max wind (mph (km/h)) |
Min. press. (mbar (inHg)) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph (km/h)) | ||||||||
| Alberto | May 13 - May 16 |
Tropical storm | 60 (95) | 1003 (29.47) | South Carolina | May 15 | 60 (95) | $8 million | 2 (1) | |
| Beryl | June 21 - June 24 |
Category 1 hurricane | 75 (120) | 991 (29.26) | None | None | None | |||
| Chris | July 26 - August 2 |
Category 2 hurricane | 100 (160) | 973 (29.47) | South Carolina | August 1 | 65 (105) | $12 million | 4 (2) | |
| Debby | August 5 - August 17 |
Category 1 hurricane | 85 (135) | 979 (28.91) | Honduras | August 10 | 50 (80) | $10.1 billion | 781 (94) | |
| Belize | August 12 | 30 (50) | ||||||||
| Near Rockport, Texas | August 15 | 80 (130) | ||||||||
| Five | August 13 - August 14 |
Tropical depression | 35 (55) | 1007 (29.74) | Near Houma, Louisiana | August 14 | 35 (55) | Minimal | 1 (0) | |
| Ernesto | August 11 - August 26 |
Category 4 hurricane | 150 (240) | 938 (27.70) | None | $90 million | 11 (4) | |||
| Florence | August 22 - September 1 |
Tropical storm | 50 (80) | 1001 (29.56) | Cuba | August 26 | 45 (70) | $9 million | 3 (0) | |
| Near Homosassa, Florida | August 30 | 50 (80) | ||||||||
| Near New Haven, Connecticut | September 1 | 40 (65) | ||||||||
| Gordon | September 4 - September 12 |
Category 3 hurricane | 120 (195) | 955 (28.20) | None | None | None | |||
| Nine | September 11 - September 12 |
Tropical depression | 35 (55) | 1008 (29.77) | Venezuela | September 12 | 35 (55) | Minimal | None | |
| Helene | September 19 - September 23 |
Tropical storm | 60 (95) | 996 (29.77) | Azores | September 22 | 45 (70) | Minimal | None | |
| Isaac | September 25 - September 28 |
Tropical storm | 50 (80) | 1002 (29.59) | None | None | None | |||
| Joyce | October 4 - October 14 |
Category 2 hurricane | 100 (160) | 967 (28.56) | None | None | None | |||
| Kirk | October 11 - October 27 |
Category 3 hurricane | 115 (185) | 958 (28.29) | Hispaniola | October 17 | 100 (160) | $300 million | 3 (0) | |
| Cuba | October 19 | 40 (65) | ||||||||
| Portugal | October 26 | 35 (55) | ||||||||
| Leslie | October 23 - October 26 |
Tropical storm | 45 (70) | 1007 (29.68) | Hispaniola | October 27 | 45 (70) | $50 million | 7 (4) | |
| Michael | November 1 - November 4 |
Tropical storm | 50 (80) | 1000 (29.53) | Azores | November 4 | 40 (65) | Minimal | None | |
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 15 cyclones | May 13 - November 4 | 150 (240) | 938 (27.70) | 16 landfalls | ~ $10.57 billion | 812 (105) | ||||
Storm Names[]
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2018. This was the same list used in the 2012 season, with the exception of the name Sara, which replaced Sandy.
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Retirement[]
On April 15, 2019, at the 41st session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Debby after its slow movement over Central America bringing days worth of flooding rain to the region. The replacement name chosen was Denise and will be used in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.