of Saginaw, Michigan. June June 1 The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of June. July July 4 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Two develops from an area of low pressure about 1,495 miles (2,405 km) west-southwest of Cabo Verde. July 5 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST July 4) at Tropical Depression Two intensifies into Tropical Storm Beryl roughly 1,465 miles (2,360 km) east-southeast of Barbados. July 6 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Beryl rapidly intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane, simultaneously attaining its peak intensity with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a pressure of 991 mbar (hPa; 29.27 inHg), approximately 1,020 miles (1,640 km) southeast of Barbados. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) at Tropical Depression Three forms about 345 miles (555 km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. July 7 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Beryl weakens to a tropical storm roughly 615 miles (990 km) east-southeast of Barbados. July 8 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Tropical Depression Three intensifies into Tropical Storm Chris approximately 150 miles (240 km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Beryl degenerates to a tropical wave about 180 miles (285 km) northeast of Barbados. July 10 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) at Tropical Storm Chris intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. July 11 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT July 10) at Hurricane Chris rapidly intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a pressure of 969 mbar (hPa; 28.62 inHg) approximately 240 miles (385 km) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Chris weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about 340 miles (545 km) northwest of Bermuda. July 12 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Chris weakens to a tropical storm roughly 280 miles (450 km) southwest of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Chris transitions into an extratropical cyclone approximately 75 miles (120 km) south of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. July 14 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at The remnants of Beryl regenerate into a subtropical storm about 245 miles (395 km) northwest of Bermuda.