2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season takes top spot for busiest on record
With less than a month remaining in the Atlantic hurricane season, the formation of Subtropical Storm Theta on November 10 and Hurricane Iota on the morning of November 16 made the 2020 season the most active on record.
Iota is the 30th named storm, the 13th hurricane, the 6th major hurricane (Category-3 +), and the first Category-5 storm of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It is also the latest-forming Category-5 hurricane on record. Additionally, 2020 is the 5th consecutive season where at least one Category-5 hurricane formed in the Atlantic basin, and the first time since 1932 where a Category-5 storm formed in November.