Tropical Storm Rene was the eighteenth tropical system and the seventeenth named storm of 2020. Slow moving and constantly under attack by wind shear and dry air, Rene never strengthened below 1000 mbar of pressure. Peak: 50 MPH, 1000 mbar / hPa

Hurricane Paulette was the seventeenth tropical system and sixteenth named storm of the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Paulette is the earliest forming sixteenth storm in recorded history, beating out 2005's Hurricane Philippe by 10 days. Paulette was tracked as a tropical wave coming off of Africa as early as late August. The wave organized and developed a low pressure system. It became tropical on September 7th. Paulette maintained tropical storm strength, despite strong shear, as it marched its way across the central Atlantic. As the storm took aim at Bermuda, it began to strengthen. It peaked just after making landfall as a 105 MPH category 2 storm. The next evening, the storm began to weaken due to shear and dry air and quickly became extratropical. Fast-forward a week later, the remnants of Paulette began to pick up tropical characteristics and redevelop. An interesting note: between the initial development of Paulette and its reformation, seven other storms had developed! It was shorted lived and Paulette became extratropical once again.