Hurricane season ends with 21 named storms, using all the names for a second consecutive year
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The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season continued a record-breaking pattern from 2020, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season ended on Tuesday after 21 named storms, continuing a record-breaking pattern from 2020, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This year's storms used each of the names from the tropical cyclone list, marking the first time in recorded history the list has been exhausted two years in a row, NOAA said. Storms are named when wind speeds hit 39 mph.
This was also the seventh year in a row that a named storm formed before the official start of the season on June 1, NOAA said.
Before the season began, NOAA predicted a 60% chance that the season would be busier than usual, but said it would not surpass 2020's historic level of activity. Seven of the named storms in 2021 were classified as hurricanes.
