- seventh consecutive year that a storm formed before the designated start of the season (6/1)
- Tropical Storm Ana formed on May 22
- most active June on record, tying 1886, 1909, 1936, and 1968 with three named storms forming
- July 1, Hurricane Elsa formed, surpassing 2020's Tropical Storm Edouard as the earliest-forming fifth named storm on record by five days
- seven named storms formed in August, including
- the season's first major hurricanes: Grace, which intensified to a Category 3 hurricane
- and Ida, a deadly and destructive hurricane that made landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana at Category 4 strength
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