Key - Shading by Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale
| Tropical Depression or Unknown or Missing | Tropical Storm | Hurricane Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Cat 5 | 
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Storms are listed in the basin where they reached their maximum intensity. Asterisks denote landfall on a major island or continent.
| Northern Atlantic | Southern Indian | 
| UNNAMED
* Aug 7-14 | UNNAMED Feb 1-8 | 
| UNNAMED Aug 11-23 | UNNAMED Apr 1-4 | 
| UNNAMED Aug 12-16 | UNNAMED Mar 31-Apr 2 | 
| UNNAMED
* Aug 19-21 | |
| UNNAMED
* Aug 21-Sep 3 | |
| UNNAMED
* Aug 21-21 | |
| UNNAMED
* Sep 2-5 | |
| UNNAMED Sep 10-22 | |
| UNNAMED Sep 22-23 | |
| UNNAMED Sep 27-Oct 1 | |
| AL01 Oct 13-18 |