Retired Atlantic Hurricane Names
Retired Atlantic Hurricane Names
Atlantic Hurricane Names are on a 6 year cycle, so the same hurricane names come around every seventh year. Not all hurricane names make it however. If a storm is so costly and deadly that it would not be appropriate or sensitive to use it again a few short years later, then the name is retired . . . struck off the name list and a fresh name is selected as a replacement.
The six year storm name list was compounded in 1979, so prior to 1979 some names were dropped from the list for a variety of other reasons . . . many of which remain completely unknown.
1954 – Hurricane Carol, Hurricane Hazel
1955 – Hurricane Connie, Hurricane Diane, Hurricane Ione, Hurricane Janet
1957 – Hurricane Audrey
1960 – Hurricane Donna
1961 – Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Hattie
1963 – Hurricane Flora
1964 – Hurricane Cleo, Hurricane Dora, Hurricane Hilda
1965 – Hurricane Betsy
1966 – Hurricane Inez
1967 – Hurricane Beulah
1968 – Hurricane Edna
1969 – Hurricane Camille
1970 – Hurricane Celia
1972 – Hurricane Agnes
1974 – Hurricane Carmen, Hurricane Fifi
1975 – Hurricane Eloise
1977 – Hurricane Anita
1979 – Hurricane David, Hurricane Frederic
1980 – Hurricane Ellen
1983 – Hurricane Alicia
1985 – Hurricane Elena, Hurricane Gloria
1988 – Hurricane Gilbert, Hurricane Joan
1989 – Hurricane Hugo
1990 – Hurricane Diana, Hurricane Klaus
1991 – Hurricane Bob
1992 – Hurricane Andrew
1995 – Hurricane Luis, Hurricane Marilyn, Hurricane Opal, Hurricane Roxanne
1996 – Hurricane Cesar, Hurricane Fran, Hurricane Hortense
1998 – Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Mitch
1999 – Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Lenny
2000 – Hurricane Keith
2001 – Hurricane Allison, Hurricane Iris, Hurricane Michelle
2002 – Hurricane Isidore, Hurricane Lili
2003 – Hurricane Fabian, Hurricane Isabel, Hurricane Juan
2004 – Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Jeanne
2005 – Hurricane Dennis, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Stan, Hurricane Wilma
2007 – Hurricane Dean, Hurricane Felix, Hurricane Noel
2008 – Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Paloma
2010 – Hurricane Igor, Hurricane Tomas