2012 Atlantic hurricane season records and near records

[TropicalAnalystwx13]

It all started with Beryl.

Beryl - strongest off-season Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the USA.
Debby - Earliest formation of the 4th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Florence - 2nd earliest formation of the 6th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Joyce - 2nd earliest formation of the 10th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Kirk - 2nd earliest formation of the 11th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Leslie - 2nd earliest formation of the 12th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Michael - 2nd earliest formation of the 13th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.
Tony - 2nd earliest formation of the 19th tropical storm of a particular hurricane season on record.

Sandy - Largest known Atlantic hurricane on record by gale diameter.
Nadine - 5th longest-lived tropical cyclone on record.
May 2012 - Highest number of named storms in that particular month, tied with 1887.
August 2012 - Highest number of named storms in that particular month, tied with 2004.
Debby - 14th highest tornado-producing tropical cyclone.
Sandy - 2nd costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record.
2012 Atlantic hurricane season - 3rd most active on record.

Feel free to add more if I missed any.

[Hurricanehink]

Chris became a hurricane further north than any other storm before August. Danny 03 had that record, doing so at 39.2 degrees north in July, but Chris broke that at 41.1N. Pending reanalysis.

Sandy set several records for lowest pressure, including in Atlantic City and Philadelphia. It also produced a storm surge record in Sandy Hook.

[CrazyC83]

I wonder if a record for most people affected was broken by Sandy?