Widespread evacuations occurred along the southern coast of the Dominican Republic due to fears of a repeat of Hurricane Inez from the previous year.

Chloe lasted for nearly 17 days, eventually dissipating over France after wrecking a ship offshore northern Spain, killing 14 people.

Hurricane Doria co-existed with Beulah and Chloe, taking an unusual trajectory over the eastern United States; it killed three people in a boating accident offshore New Jersey.

The latency was caused by a stronger than normal ridge across the Atlantic Ocean, which suppressed convective activity across the basin and prevented the formation of strong low pressure areas.

Satellite imagery and ship data indicated that Subtropical Depression Three formed at 18:00 UTC on June 14 to the northeast of the northeastern Bahamas,[4][3] associated with an upper-level low.

[5] Conditions were not favorable for strengthening, with cool air and minimal outflow, although the cyclone acquired gale-force winds by 12:00 UTC on August 16, becoming a subtropical storm.

Strong westerly shear affected the system, but it intensified into a tropical storm the next day and attained peak winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) as it maintained a small central dense overcast.

A tropical wave exited the coast of Africa on August 24, and by the next day, a Pan American flight observed a circulation with falling pressures.

Based on the system's organization on satellite imagery, the NHC assessed that Tropical Depression Five developed late on August 28 about 740 mi (1,190 km) west of Cabo Verde.

Late on the next day, the Hurricane Hunters recorded a minimum barometric pressure of 982 mbar (29.0 inHg), which, along with the storm's forward speed, suggested maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (140 km/h); together these data would signify Arlene's peak intensity.

Little more than a day later, Chloe peaked with winds of 110 mph (180 km/h), and subsequently reached its minimum pressure of 958 mbar (28.3 inHg), as documented by reconnaissance aircraft.

[4][6] Due to the sparse observations in the area, it is possible that Chloe briefly reached major hurricane intensity, but data were insufficient for such an upgrade.

[4] Off the northern coast of A Coruña, Spain, high waves from Chloe sank the Fiete Schulze – a German cargo ship attempting to circumnavigate the storm.

An anticyclone over the Bahamas turned the hurricane westward, as changing upper-level conditions from a passing trough to the north, as well as land interaction with Hispaniola, greatly weakened Beulah.

After weakening over land, Beulah restrengthened over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, attaining peak winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) early on September 20, making it a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

[3] Beulah weakened slightly before making its final landfall around 12:00 UTC on September 20, just south of the United States–Mexico border, with winds of 125 mph (201 km/h) and an estimated central pressure of 940 mb (28 inHg).

There, Beulah left heavy damage to roads, bridges, and the banana and coffee crops, but the evacuations led to a low death toll of two in the nation.

[3] Doria left $150,000 in minor coastal damage and killed three people when capsizing a boat offshore Ocean City, New Jersey.

[10] A nearby ship reported 16 ft (4.9 m) waves on September 27, potentially indicating stronger winds during periods without meteorological observations,[11] although unfavorable conditions prevented initial development.

Twelve hours later, the storm reached peak winds of 60 mph (97 km/h),[6] a trend that spurred hurricane watches from Dominica northward through the Leeward Islands.

[4] Satellite imagery suggested that Tropical Depression Fourteen developed on October 1 about 140 mi (230 km) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen.

On October 2, the British ship Plainsman observed gale-force winds, prompting the NHC to upgrade the depression to Tropical Storm Fern.

[4] A small system, the storm intensified further to hurricane status on October 3, reaching peak winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 987 mbar (29.1 inHg).

[6] Upwelling and cold air left in the wake of Hurricane Beulah caused Fern to weaken slightly as it approached the Gulf Coast of Mexico.

Around 06:00 UTC on October 4, Fern made landfall about 30 mi (48 km) north of Tampico, Tamaulipas, possibly having weakened to a tropical storm.

[4] Along the lower Texas coast, the threat from Fern spurred high tide and small craft warnings from the National Weather Service.

Three ships reported 40 to 45 mph (64 to 72 km/h) winds on October 6,[4] which was the basis for the NHC upgrading it to Tropical Storm Ginger, in conjunction with data from Cabo Verde.

[17] At the time, the storm was located about 400 mi (640 km) north-northwest of Dakar, Senegal, well east of 35° W where the NHC began issuing formal tropical cyclone advisories.

On the next day, the storm attained peak winds of 60 mph (97 km/h), before it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over Atlantic Canada, where it was ultimately absorbed by the cold front on October 19.

It moved west-northwestward for several days, developing into Tropical Depression Twenty-Two on October 19 about 500 mi (800 km) northeast of the Lesser Antilles.