Retired Hurricane Names Since 1954
The NHC/TPC does not control the naming of tropical storms.
Instead, a list of names has been established by an international committee
of the
World Meteorological Organization. For Atlantic
hurricanes, there is actually one list for each of six years. In other
words, one list is repeated every seventh year. The only time that there is
a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its
name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of
sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee
(called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is
stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.
There is an exception to the retirement rule, however.
Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some
storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, "Fern" was
substituted for "Frieda," and no reason was cited.
Below is a list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea,
and the Gulf of Mexico. There are, however, a great number of destructive
storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane
naming convention was established in 1950.
List of retired names by year
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1954
Carol Hazel |
1955
Connie Diane Ione Janet |
1956 |
1957
Audrey |
1958 |
1959 |
1960
Donna |
1961
Carla Hattie |
1962 |
1963
Flora |
1964
Cleo Dora Hilda |
1965
Betsy |
1966
Inez |
1967
Beulah |
1968
Edna |
1969
Camille |
1970
Celia |
1971 |
1972
Agnes |
1973 |
1974
Carmen Fifi |
1975
Eloise |
1976 |
1977
Anita |
1978 |
1979
David Frederic |
1980
Allen |
1981 |
1982 |
1983
Alicia |
1984 |
1985
Elena Gloria |
1986 |
1987 |
1988
Gilbert Joan |
1989
Hugo |
1990
Diana Klaus |
1991
Bob |
1992
Andrew |
1993 |
1994 |
1995
Luis Marilyn Opal Roxanne |
1996
Cesar Fran Hortense |
1997 |
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 |
2006 |
2007
Dean Felix Noel |
2008
Gustav Ike Paloma |
2009
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Alphabetical list of retired Atlantic names
Agnes | | 1972 |
Alicia | | 1983 |
Allen | | 1980 |
Allison | | 2001 |
Andrew | | 1992 |
Anita | | 1977 |
Audrey | | 1957 |
Betsy | | 1965 |
Beulah | | 1967 |
Bob | | 1991 |
Camille | | 1969 |
Carla | | 1961 |
Carmen | | 1974 |
Carol | | 1954 |
Celia | | 1970 |
Cesar | | 1996 |
Charley | | 2004 |
Cleo | | 1964 |
Connie | | 1955 |
David | | 1979 |
Dean | | 2007 |
Dennis | | 2005 |
Diana | | 1990 |
Diane | | 1955 |
Donna | | 1960 |
Dora | | 1964 |
Edna | | 1968 |
Elena | | 1985 |
Eloise | | 1975 |
Fabian | | 2003 |
Felix | | 2007 |
Fifi | | 1974 |
Flora | | 1963 |
Floyd | | 1999 |
Fran | | 1996 |
Frances | | 2004 |
Frederic | | 1979 |
Georges | | 1998 |
Gilbert | | 1988 |
Gloria | | 1985 |
Gustav | | 2008 |
Hattie | | 1961 |
Hazel | | 1954 |
Hilda | | 1964 |
Hortense | | 1996 |
Hugo | | 1989 |
Ike | | 2008 |
Inez | | 1966 |
Ione | | 1955 |
Iris | | 2001 |
Isabel | | 2003 |
Isidore | | 2002 |
Ivan | | 2004 |
Janet | | 1955 |
Jeanne | | 2004 |
Joan | | 1988 |
Juan | | 2003 |
Katrina | | 2005 |
Keith | | 2000 |
Klaus | | 1990 |
Lenny | | 1999 |
Lili | | 2002 |
Luis | | 1995 |
Marilyn | | 1995 |
Michelle | | 2001 |
Mitch | | 1998 |
Noel | | 2007 |
Opal | | 1995 |
Paloma | | 2008 |
Rita | | 2005 |
Roxanne | | 1995 |
Stan | | 2005 |
Wilma | | 2005 |
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