June Hurricane History

June, the first month of the official Atlantic hurricane season, has seen tropical activity in recent times but historically it's not an active month.
 
Historically, tropical storms or hurricanes rarely form during the entire month of June in the Atlantic Basin. Since modern weather records began, nearly half of all the June’s do not see any named storms.
 
However, there have been recent exceptions to this general rule. Last year, Tropical Storm Arlene formed on the morning of June 1, as soon as the season began.  The year before that, Tropical Storm Alex quickly formed in early June. Other years have been even busier: several tropical storms developed in 2021, including Bill, Claudette, Danny and Elsa. Tropical Storm Ana developed in late May of the same year. The extremely busy 2020 season saw two storms, Cristobal and Dolly form in June, with Arthur and Bertha developing earlier in May.
 
Tropical development in May, before the official June 1 start, has also become a common occurrence recently, although this year didn't see any storms develop before the start of June. Thus, the first name given to a storm this year will be "Alberto."
 
If a tropical storm or hurricane is to develop in the month of June, it will usually occur in the western Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico or far western Atlantic along the East Coast. Sea-surface temperatures start to warm up enough to feed a developing storm.