1980 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season featured nine hurricanes, the most since 1969. This hurricane season was fairly active, with sixteen tropical cyclones forming, eleven of which strengthened into named tropical storms. The season officially began on June 1, 1980, and lasted until November 30, 1980. The first system, Tropical Depression One, formed on July 17 and made landfall near the Galveston area. It was the first time since the 1971 season that there were no active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during the month of June. The season occurred during an ENSO-neutral phase, having neither an El Niño nor a La Niña. In August, Hurricane Allen became the then-earliest Category 5 hurricane in the calendar year on record, reaching that intensity on August 5, and had the highest maximum sustained winds for an Atlantic hurricane, now tied with Hurricane Melissa in 2025. The storm devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States, causing about $1.57 billion in damages...
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