 The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season without a tropical cyclone in the month of July since 1993 . The hurricane season officially began on June 1 , and ended on November 30 . It was slightly above average due to a La Niña weather pattern . The first cyclone , Tropical Depression One , developed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on June 7 and dissipated after an uneventful duration . However , it would be almost two months before the first named storm , Alberto , formed near Cape Verde ; Alberto also dissipated with no effects on land . Several other tropical cyclones – Tropical Depression Two , Tropical Depression Four , Chris , Ernesto , Nadine , and an unnamed subtropical storm – did not impact land . Five additional storms – Tropical Depression Nine , Florence , Isaac , Joyce , and Leslie – minimally effected land areas . 
