<page_title> List of Atlantic hurricane records </page_title> <section_title> Earliest/latest formations for each category </section_title> <table> <cell> Category 4 <col_header> Earliest and latest forming Atlantic tropical cyclones by Saffir–Simpson classification </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> <col_header> Category </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2005 <col_header> Earliest and latest forming Atlantic tropical cyclones by Saffir–Simpson classification </col_header> <col_header> Earliest Formation </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Hurricane Dennis <col_header> Earliest and latest forming Atlantic tropical cyclones by Saffir–Simpson classification </col_header> <col_header> Earliest Formation </col_header> <col_header> Storm </col_header> </cell> <cell> July 8 <col_header> Earliest and latest forming Atlantic tropical cyclones by Saffir–Simpson classification </col_header> <col_header> Earliest Formation </col_header> <col_header> Date Reached </col_header> </cell> </table>
Hurricane Dennis of 2005, the earliest Category 4 was recorded on July 8.