Thirteen of the storms became hurricanes, the second-highest number on record, behind only the 15 in 2005.
"It's been a record-breaking year, which has kept NOAA and the National Weather Service quite busy throughout the entire Atlantic hurricane season providing all the watches and warnings and information we needed to," he said.30 — has 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
This season, by comparison, brought at least double all of those: 30 named storms, 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes.
The number of major hurricanes nearly matched the record of seven set during the 2005 season, according to NOAA.
"The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season ramped up quickly and broke records across the board," acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said in a summary released last week.Rosencrans said the Atlantic season has been "anomalous" in that it has produced major hurricanes, such as Eta and Iota, through November, when storms usually are fewer and less severe