The Atlantic hasn't been left out of the tropical oddities this spring. In April, Tropical Storm Arlene developed, becoming only the second tropical storm in the Atlantic in the satellite era.
The other April Atlantic tropical storm was Ana in 2003.
Arlene formed in the central Atlantic and did not impact land. Before satellites, both Ana and Arlene would have been nearly impossible to detect, so it's possible that others occurred prior to the satellite era.
This was also the third consecutive year that a tropical system formed in the Atlantic before the official June 1 start date of hurricane season.
This first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was first designated Subtropical Depression One on April 19 and then enough convection developed near the center that it was named Tropical Storm Arlene on April 20.
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