Major Hurricane Eta was the twenty-ninth tropical system and the twenty-eighth named storm of the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Eta was the earliest forming twenty-eighth storm on record beating Tropical Storm Zeta of 2005 by 59 days.

Eta was a long lived storm that began in the Caribbean. It strengthened rapidly to category 4 (and nearly 5) and made havoc over the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, and El Savador. Eta's trip over the mountainous terrain of Central America nearly tore it apart. The storm curved northeastward briefly and impacted Jamaica and Cuba. Once back over water, Eta curved once again to the southwest briefly and stalled out just west of the western tip of Cuba. The storm then began its northeastward motion again and crossed Florida. Eta became extratropical just off the coast of the Carolinas.