This is a list of storms in the 1980 Planet Ceres Atlantic hurricane season. Of the 16 tropical depressions that formed this year, all of them became tropical storms. Of these tropical storms, 8 grew into hurricanes, of which 4 became major hurricanes. The season is notable for five storms in particular: Hurricanes Bonnie, Edward, Gordon, and Nina, as well as Tropical Storm Patsy. In early August, Hurricane Bonnie became the first hurricane, and the first major hurricane, of the season. It weakened to a Category 2 hurricane just as it began impacting the southern Bahamas. Then Bonnie hit the Florida Keys as a low-end major hurricane, but hit the Dry Tortugas, which are uninhabited, meaning that no one was directly hit by major hurricane-force winds. After that, Bonnie hit the extreme weste