Today is June 1 – the official start date of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. For the third consecutive year, no tropical cyclones formed before the official start of the season. Most forecasters, including CYCLONIC FURY, are predicting the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season to be below average, likely the least active since 2015, due to a developing El Nino that is likely to strengthen significantly over the coming months. The following names will be used in the Atlantic basin this year.

This is the same list used in the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which exhausted the naming list, with one exception: Leah. Leah replaced Laura, which was retired after the 2020 season. Unlike 2020, the Atlantic is not likely going to come anywhere close to exhausting the naming list this season. In fact, 2020 already was about to get its third named storm, Cristobal, at this point. There are no imminent signs of tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic basin, though June averages one named storm in about half of all years historically.