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Subject: B3) What names have been retired in the Atlantic
and East Pacific basin?
Kindly provided by Gary Padgett, Jack Beven, and James Lewis Free.
In the Atlantic basin, tropical cyclone names are "retired" (that
is, not to be used again for a new storm) if it is deemed to be quite
noteworthy because of the damage and/or deaths it caused. This is to
prevent confusion with a historically well-known cyclone with a
current one in the Atlantic basin. The following list gives the
names that have been retired and the year of the storm in question.
Retired hurricane names Atlantic
Audrey 1957, Agnes 1972, Anita 1977,
Allen 1980, Alicia 1983, Andrew 1992, Allison 2001
| Betsy 1965, Beulah 1967, Bob 1991
| Connie 1955 ,Carla 1961, Cleo 1964,
Carol 1965, Camille 1969, Celia 1970,
Carmen 1974, Cesar 1996, Charley 2004
| Diane 1955, Donna 1960, Dora 1964, David 1979, Diana 1990, Dennis 2005,
Dean 2007
| Edna 1968, Eloise 1975, Elena 1985
| Flora 1963, Fifi 1974, Frederic 1979, Fran 1996,
Floyd 1999, Fabian 2003, Frances 2004, Felix 2007
| Gracie 1959, Gloria 1985, Gilbert 1988, Georges 1998
| Hazel 1954, Hattie 1961, Hilda 1964, Hugo 1989,Hortense 1996
| Ione 1955, Inez 1966, Iris 2001, Isidore 2002, Isabel 2003, Ivan 2004
| Janet 1955, Joan 1988, Juan 2003, Jeanne 2004
| Klaus 1990, Keith 2000, Katrina 2005
| Luis 1995, Lenny 1999, Lili 2002
| Marilyn 1995, Mitch 1998, Michelle 2001
| Noel 2007
| Opal 1995
| Roxanne 1995, Rita 2005
| Stan 2005
| Wilma 2005
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Name retired because of previous storm in 1954
with the same name.
Although rarer, some East Pacific names have been retired
from the list. The climatology of this basin has most hurricanes
moving away from the shore, so chances are rare that these
storms would adversely affect people necessitating the name
be retired.
Retired hurricane names East Pacific
Adele 1970, Adolph 2001
| Knut 1988, Kenna 2002
| Hazel 1965
| Iva 1988, Ismael 1995,Israel 2001
| Pauline 1997
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Name retired because of political considerations
A few Central Pacific names have been retired from their list.
All of them were removed for inflicting damage in the Hawai'ian
Islands.
Retired hurricane names Central Pacific
Fico 1978, Fefa 1991
| Iwa 1982, Iniki 1992
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