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
* Jun 1-12 | UNNAMED Jan 1-8 | 
| UNNAMED
* Aug 12-23 | UNNAMED Jan 1-9 | 
| UNNAMED Aug 16-19 | UNNAMED Jan 21-28 | 
| UNNAMED
* Aug 17-31 | UNNAMED Feb 21-25 | 
| UNNAMED Aug 24-Sep 1 | UNNAMED Mar 20-25 | 
| UNNAMED
* Aug 27-Sep 3 | UNNAMED Mar 20-25 | 
| UNNAMED Aug 30-Sep 10 | |
| AL01
* Sep 4-10 | |
| UNNAMED Sep 5-14 | |
| AL02
* Sep 16-18 | |
| AL03 Sep 23-Oct 1 | |
| UNNAMED
* Sep 28-Oct 7 | |
| AL04
* Oct 2-5 | |
| UNNAMED Oct 5-11 | |
| UNNAMED
* Oct 10-13 | |
| UNNAMED
* Oct 15-21 |