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As of 2024, 96 storm names have been retired. [1] The naming of North Atlantic tropical cyclones is currently under the oversight of the Hurricane Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This group maintains six alphabetic lists of twenty-one names, with one list used each year.
Retired Hurricane Names Since 1954. The NHC does not control the naming of tropical storms. Instead a strict procedure has been established by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization . For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of names for each of six years .
Mar 30, 2023 · Since the naming of Atlantic tropical cyclones ditched the phonetic alphabet in 1953, 96 Atlantic tropical cyclone names have been retired, including 2022's Ian and Fiona, 2021's Ida, 2020's...
Jul 21, 2019 · Retired Hurricane Names, Alphabetically . Agnes (1972) Alicia (1983) Allen (1980) Allison (tropical storm, 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 ...
Why Are Hurricane Names Retired? Atlantic tropical cyclone name lists repeat every six years unless a storm is so severe that the World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee votes to retire that name from future lists. Here is the list of names for the current hurricane season.
Mar 20, 2024 · The World Meteorological Organization removed the names Fiona and Ian from rotation due to the death and destruction they caused during the 2022 hurricane season. Nearly 100 hurricane or tropical storm names have been retired from future use in the Atlantic Basin.
Only three Eastern Pacific hurricanes have had their names retired; Hurricane Ismael of 1995, Hurricane Pauline of 1997, and Hurricane Kenna of 2002. The storm with the most appearances so far is...
