Armonk NY Real Estate | These Hurricanes Were So Bad, Their Names Were Retired - Bedford-Katonah, NY Patch
Ever wonder why you hear some hurricane names again? Or why some names disappear?
Here's the scoop on hurricane names, straight from NOAA:
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, in alphabetical order, for hurricanes from the Atlantic Ocean:
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 Igor 2010 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 Tomas 2010 Wilma 2005
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