Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Names
In the event that more than 21 named tropcial cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. If a storm forms in the off-season, it will take the next name in the list based on the current calendar date. For example, if a tropical cyclone formed on December 28th, it would take the name from the previous season's list of names. If a storm formed in February, it would be named from the subsequent season's list of names. . . National Hurricane Center
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Alex Bonnie Colin Danielle Earl Fiona Gaston Hermine Ian Julia Karl Lisa Martin Nicole Owen Paula Richard Shary Tobias Virginie Walter |
Arlene Bret Cindy Don Emily Franklin Gert Harold Idalia Jose Katia Lee Margot Nigel Ophelia Philippe Rina Sean Tammy Vince Whitney |
Alberto Beryl Chris Debby Ernesto Francine Gordon Helene Isaac Joyce Kirk Leslie Milton Nadine Oscar Patty Rafael Sara Tony Valerie William |
Retired Hurricane Names
For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each six years. The only time there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity. Below is a list of retired hurricane names, by year, from 1952 - 2005:
1954 - Carol, Hazel 1955 - Connie, Diane, Ione, Janet 1957 - Audrey 1960 - Donna 1961 - Carla, Hattie 1963 - Flora 1964 - Cleo, Dora, Hilda 1965 - Betsy 1966 - Inez 1967 - Beulah 1968 - Edna 1969 - Camille 1970 - Celia 1972 - Agnes 1974 - Carmen, Fifi 1975 - Eloise 1977 - Anita 1979 - David, Frederic 1980 - Allen 1983 - Alicia 1985 - Elena, Gloria 1988 - Gilbert, Joan 1989 - Hugo 1990 - Diana, Klaus 1991 - Bob |
1992 - Andrew 1995 - Luis, Marilyn, Opal, Roxanne 1996 - Cesar, Fran, Hortense 1998 - Georges, Mitch 1999 - Floyd, Lenny 2000 - Keith 2001 - Allison, Iris, Michelle 2002 - Isidore, Lili 2003 - Fabian, Isabel, Juan 2004 - Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne 2005 - Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, Wilma 2007 - Dean, Felix, Noel 2008 - Gustav, Ike, Paloma 2010 - Igor, Tomas 2011 - Irene 2012 - Sandy 2013 - Ingrid 2015 - Erika, Joaquin 2016 - Matthew, Otto 2017 - Harvey, Irma, Maria, Nate 2018 - Florence, Michael 2019 - Dorian 2020 - Laura, Eta, Iota 2021 - Ida |