Tropical Storm #Sam has formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic - the 18th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic #hurricane season to date. Only 1 season on record has had 18+ Atlantic named storms by 23 September: 2020. 2020 had 23 named storms by 23 September. pic.twitter.com/AGFg37ljxw

— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 23, 2021