2020 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOK Fay (July 9, 2020) was the earliest sixth named tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin, the previous record held by Tropical Storm Franklin in 2005 that formed on July 21, thus surpassing the previous record by 12 days. current list of 2020 hurricanes Déjà vu all over again? Is the 2020 hurricane season looking eerily like 2005 with the occurrence of several early storms in 2020 beating the records set in 2005? 2005 Hurricane data