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The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was tied with the 1887, 1995, 2010, 2011, and 2012 seasons for the third-highest number of named storms since record-keeping began in 1851, with twenty-two depressions and nineteen storms forming. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period during each year in which most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic Ocean. The first tropical cyclone of the season, Hurricane Ana, formed six days after the season began, while the final system, Tropical Storm Teresa, dissipated on November 9. Ten storms reached hurricane strength, with six storms reaching major hurricane strength, including Hurricane Odette, which had the third-lowest pressure of any Atlantic hurricane and the second-highest wind speeds, a record shared with Hurricanes Gilbert, Wilma, and Irma.
Due to a La Niña in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters called for an above-average season, a prediction which proved to be prudent. Over $115 billion was dealt in damages from the tropical systems, mostly as a result of Hurricane Odette, making the 2021 season the third-costliest season after 2005, 2017, and 2019. 1,702 people were killed as a result of the storms.
Many tropical cyclones affected land during the 2021 season, especially the United States and the Lesser Antilles. Hurricane Ana made landfalls in both Quintana Roo and South Padre Island, Texas, dealing $450 million in damage and claiming 28 lives. Tropical Storm Claudette moved into Cedar Key, Florida on July 17th, killing two, while Tropical Storm Danny impacted the Bahamas later the same month, with one death reported as a result. Hurricane Elsa dealt over $8.5 billion in damage to Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands, and killed 591 people, mostly as a result of flooding in the Greater Antilles. Hurricane Fred made landfall in Veracruz, killing two. The first landfall in September was that of Tropical Storm Ida, which struck Biloxi, Mississippi, causing flooding which dealt $10 million in damage. Hurricane Julian struck Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on September 15th, dealing over $6 billion in damage and killing 42, while Hurricane Kate passed over Bermuda, dealing $20 million in damages and killing two. Hurricane Mindy ravaged the Lesser Antilles; 206 people died across the islands, and $700 million in damages were reported, making the storm one of the deadliest disasters in the history of the island chain. Hurricane Odette struck Miami, Florida on October 9th as a Category 5 hurricane, and instantly became one of the most damaging hurricanes in the history of the Atlantic Ocean and the most damaging hurricane since Hurricane Melissa, dealing over $100 billion in damage and killing 734. Tropical Depression Eighteen, although a weak storm, brought heavy flooding to Haiti, killing 89 and dealing $70 million in damage. The final system to make landfall was Hurricane Rose, which hit Grand Bahama on October 20th, killing three and inflicting minimal damage.
Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Florida
8,500
591
Fred
August 12 – August 17
Category 2 hurricane
105
965
Veracruz
2
3
Grace
August 21 – August 27
Tropical storm
40
1005
Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Minimal
None
Henri
August 31 – September 14
Category 1 hurricane
95
980
None
None
None
Ida
September 2 – September 6
Tropical storm
65
1002
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
10
None
Julian
September 9 – September 16
Category 4 hurricane
150
940
Bermuda, North Carolina, South Carolina
6,000
42
Kate
September 12 – September 24
Category 5 hurricane
160
920
Bermuda
20
3
Larry
September 15 – September 18
Tropical storm
40
1004
None
None
None
Mindy
September 15 – September 22
Category 2 hurricane
110
960
Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico
700
206
Nicholas
September 24 – September 28
Tropical storm
50
1006
None
None
None
Odette
September 30 – October 11
Category 5 hurricane
185
889
Cape Verde, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, United States
>100,000
734
Peter
October 3 – October 8
Category 1 hurricane
75
988
Canary Islands
None
None
Eighteen
October 10 – October 14
Tropical depression
35
1008
Haiti
70
89
Rose
October 16 – October 24
Category 3 hurricane
120
950
Antigua and Barbuda, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Bermuda
Minimal
3
Twenty
October 25 – October 27
Tropical depression
35
1008
None
None
None
Sam
October 28 – November 2
Tropical storm
70
1000
None
None
None
Teresa
November 5 – November 9
Tropical storm
55
1001
Lesser Antilles
Minimal
None
Season aggregates
20 systems
June 7 – November 9
185
889
Cape Verde, Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Canary Islands
>115,752
1,702
Names[]
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2021. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2027 season. This is the same list used for the 2015 season. Storms were named Elsa, Julian, Rose, Sam, and Teresa for the first time in 2019.
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Elsa
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Julian
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor (unused)
Wanda (unused)
Retirement[]
On April 25, 2022, at the 44th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Elsa, Julian, Mindy, and Odette from List #1, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. The names will be replaced with Elodie, Joseph, Maeve, and Olivia for the 2027 season.
