2021 set to outpace 2020's hurricane season early on

Elsa will be the 5th named storm this hurricane season which comes earlier than Edouard in 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Last year was the most active hurricane season on record with 30 storms in total. By the end of June 2020, there had already been four named storms.

Well, 2021 is keeping pace with that historic year. Danny was our fourth storm, and our fifth looks to outpace 2020’s Edouard.

Let’s show look at the two years side by side.

Ana was our first named storm forming on May 22. This was the seventh year in a row that an ‘A’ name formed before the official start of hurricane season on June 1st. However, 2020’s Arthur formed five days earlier on May 17.

B and C names in 2020 were far ahead of this year.

Bertha formed on May 27 and Cristobal formed on June 1. Those were both 18 days ahead of this year’s Bill and Claudette.

However, Danny gained some ground for 2020. Danny didn’t last long but was the first tropical system to make a South Carolina landfall in June since the 1800s.

Danny formed five days behind 2020’s Dolly. Both storms are some of the earliest ‘D’ names to form on record. Dolly tied for the second earliest and Danny is now the fourth earliest on record. This bumped Dennis in 2005 which was the most active season on record — before 2020 took the title.

Now, 2021 is about to take the lead.

In 2020, Edouard formed on July 4. But it is very likely that our next named storm Elsa will form before that date. Edouard was also the earliest ‘E’ name to ever form, meaning 2021’s Elsa could take that crown and the early lead over the most active hurricane season on record.

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