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This page provides a listing of 104 names that are used for tropical cyclones in the Australian Region. There is a single list of names that are used by all of the Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC). This single list was introduced for the start of the 2008/09 season, replacing the three lists that existed previously.
The name of a new tropical cyclone is usually selected from this list of names. If a named cyclone moves into the Australian region from another country's zone of responsibility, the name assigned by that other country will be retained. The names are normally chosen in sequence, when the list is exhausted, we return to the start of the list.
First name for the 2008-09 season is highlighted
Australian Region Names | |||||
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A | Anika | Anthony | Alessia | Alfred | Ann |
B | Billy | Bianca | Bruce | Blanche | Blake |
C | Charlotte | Carlos | Cathy | Caleb | Claudia |
D | Dominic | Dianne | Dylan | Debbie | Damien |
E | Ellie | Errol | Edna | Ernie | Esther |
F | Freddy | Fina | Fletcher | Frances | Ferdinand |
G | Gabrielle | Grant | Gillian | Greg | Gretel |
H | Hamish | Heidi | Hadi | Hilda | Harold |
I | Ilsa | Iggy | Ita | Ira | Imogen |
J | Jasper | Jasmine | Jack | Joyce | Joshua |
K | Kirrily | Koji | Kate | Kelvin | Kimi |
L | Laurence | Lua | Lam | Linda | Lucas |
M | Magda | Mitchell | Marcia | Marcus | Marian |
N | Neville | Narelle | Nathan | Nora | Noah |
O | Olga | Oswald | Olwyn | Owen | Odette |
PQ | Paul | Peta | Quang | Penny | Paddy |
R | Robyn | Rusty | Raquel | Riley | Ruby |
S | Sean | Sandra | Stan | Savannah | Seth |
T | Tasha | Tim | Tatjana | Trevor | Tiffany |
UV | Vince | Victoria | Uriah | Veronica | Verdun |
WXYZ | Zelia | Zane | Yvette | Wallace |
* Cyclone names marked for replacement
US-based site with listings of names from regions elsewhere in the world.
The Bureau of Meteorology receives many requests
from the public to name Tropical Cyclones after themselves,
friends, etc. The Bureau is unable to grant all these requests
as they far out-number the number of Tropical Cyclones that
occur in the Australian region.
The Bureau will only accept requests received in writing (not
e-mail). The request cannot be immediately granted but the
name will be added to a supplementary list. When a name is
retired of similar gender and initial, a name can be included
from this supplementary list (subject to checks to ensure it
is not on the Southern Hemisphere retired name list or offensive
in any of the languages of our international neighbours.)
Note that it can take many decades for a suitable slot to become
available, then a further 10-20 years for the names to cycle
through, so it is likely to be well over 50 years before your
requested name is allocated to a cyclone.
When a significant cyclone affects Australia (like TC Tracy in 1974 or TC Larry in 2006), the name is "retired" and replaced in the list with a name of similar initial and gender.
A name may be skipped if it is not deemed appropriate when it is due to be used (eg it is the same as the name of a public figure who is in the news for a sensitive or controversial reason)
A name may be skipped if a similarly named cyclone is active in the area.
Cyclones may not seem to follow alphabetical sequence as cyclones named in an adjoining area move into the Australian region.
Cyclones moving westwards across the Indian Ocean are usually renamed by the TCWC at La Reunion, when they move out of Australia's zone of responsibility. Otherwise cyclones retain their name throughout their existence.
Sometimes a decayed cyclone will re-generate (eg after crossing land) and will usually retain the name it had before it weakened.
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