Records
The season set records for the earliest formation of its fourth and fifth storms. Hurricane Cindy was named on July 7, and Hurricane Debra first reached tropical storm strength on July 23, following the development of Tropical Storm Arlene, Tropical Storm Beulah and Hurricane #3. Both of these records were broken in the 2005 season when Dennis formed on July 5 and Emily formed on July 11. The earliest fourth storm record was broken again by Debby of 2012.
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