The 1946 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1946, and lasted until November 15, 1946. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
The 1946 season was fairly quiet, with 6 storms forming, of which 3 became hurricanes. There was only one major hurricane, a hurricane that came up from the Western Caribbean and made landfall near Tampa as a Category 2. Damage was relatively minimal and confined to a small area where the eyewall passed over.
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