High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1986 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average season, having fewer named storms than in a normal year, with only ten tropical cyclones, six tropical storms, four hurricanes, and no major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, 1986 and ended on November 30, with the first storm, Tropical Storm Andrew forming on June 5, and the final storm, Hurricane Frances, dissipated on November 21. This timeline includes information that was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipations during the hurricane season.