Timeline[]
Systems[]
Tropical Storm Ana[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 11 – June 16 |
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| Peak intensity | 40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min) 1004 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression One.
Hurricane Bob[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | June 19 – June 24 |
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| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 999 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Storm Ana.
Tropical Storm Claudette[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 8 – July 13 |
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| Peak intensity | 40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min) 1004 mbar (hPa) |
Originally an unnumbered tropical depression.
Hurricane David[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 9 – July 16 |
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| Peak intensity | 85 mph (140 km/h) (1-min) 979 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Hurricane Bob.
Hurricane Elena[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 16 – July 27 |
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| Peak intensity | 85 mph (140 km/h) (1-min) 986 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Storm Claudette.
Tropical Depression Six[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | July 31 – August 5 |
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| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min) 1007 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression Six.
Hurricane Frederic[]
| Category 5 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 25 – September 4 |
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| Peak intensity | 175 mph (280 km/h) (1-min) 917 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Hurricane David.
Tropical Storm Gloria[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 25 – August 28 |
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| Peak intensity | 45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min) 1003 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression Eight.
Hurricane Isabel[]
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 29 – September 12 |
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| Peak intensity | 130 mph (215 km/h) (1-min) 940 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Hurricane Frederic.
Tropical Storm Henri[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 30 – September 2 |
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| Peak intensity | 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 1000 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Storm Elena.
Hurricane Juan[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 4 – September 12 |
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| Peak intensity | 110 mph (175 km/h) (1-min) 969 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Hurricane Gloria.
Hurricane Kate[]
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 15 – September 24 |
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| Peak intensity | 105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) 971 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Hurricane Henri.
Tropical Depression Thirteen[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | September 16 – September 20 |
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| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min) 1007 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression Thirteen.
Tropical Storm Larry[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 12 – October 17 |
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| Peak intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 1000 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression Eighteen.
Hurricane Mindy[]
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 22 – October 24 |
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| Peak intensity | 80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 980 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Subtropical Storm One.
Tropical Depression Sixteen[]
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | October 24 – October 27 |
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| Peak intensity | 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min) 1006 mbar (hPa) |
Originally an unnumbered tropical depression.
Tropical Storm Nicholas[]
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | November 7 – November 9 |
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| Peak intensity | 40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min) 998 mbar (hPa) |
Originally Tropical Depression Twenty.
Storm names[]
Since 1953 Atlantic hurricane season, the NHC and NOAA used a naming list that contained only female names. Throughout the years, feminist groups criticized this practice, especially in the aftermath of hurricanes Eloise in 1975 and Belle in 1976.However, in May 1978, NOAA administrator Richard A. Frank announced by a list with male and female names would be used in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 1978 season and in the Atlantic by 1979, after submitting a proposal to the World Meteorological Organization. Initially, male names were scheduled to be introduced in the 1981 season. Storms were named Ana, Bob, Claudette, David, Frederic, Henri, Isabel, Juan, Kate, Larry, Mindy, and Nicholas for the first (and only, in the cases of Frederic, Isabel, and Kate) time in 1979. The name Elena was previously used in the 1965 season, and the name Gloria was used in 1976. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1985 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.
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Retirement[]
In the spring of 1980, at the 2nd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Frederic, Isabel, and Kate from its rotating name lists due to the deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Fabian, Ida and Kara for the 1985 season, respectively.