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2022 Atlantic hurricane season names

Written by Sun staff on . Posted in Hurricane Guide Archives.

Each year the World Meteorological Organization releases a list of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. The names are recycled every six years unless a storm is particularly devastating, when the name may be retired, like Hurricane Katrina. If a hurricane season is particularly active and more than 21 storms form, the additional storms are either named after letters in the Greek alphabet or chosen from an alternate list.

This year’s names are:

Alex

Bonnie

Colin

Danielle

Earl

Fiona

Gaston

Hermine

Ian

Julia

Karl

Lisa

Martin

Nicole

Owen

Paula

Richard

Shary

Tobias

Virginie

Walter

2021 Atlantic hurricane season names

Written by SUN contributor on . Posted in Hurricane Guide Archives.

Each year the World Meteorological Organization releases one of six lists of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. If this year’s names sound familiar, that’s because they were last used in 2015. This year’s list will move back into rotation in 2027.

If a storm is particularly devastating, the name may be retired, like Hurricane Katrina, and replaced with a new name. If a hurricane season is particularly active and more than 21 storms form, the additional storms are named after letters in the Greek alphabet.

To be named, a storm has to have wind speeds of at least 39 miles per hour and have a rotating circular pattern.

This year’s names are:

  1. Ana
  2. Bill
  3. Claudette
  4. Danny
  5. Elsa
  6. Fred
  7. Grace
  8. Henri
  9. Ida
  10. Julian
  11. Kate
  12. Larry
  13. Mindy
  14. Nicholas
  15. Odette
  16. Peter
  17. Rose
  18. Sam
  19. Teresa
  20. Victor
  21. Wanda