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Atlantic Hurricane Names
Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign
short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather
stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953, Atlantic tropical
storms have been named from lists created by the National Hurricane Center
and now maintained and updated by the World Meteorological Organization.
The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's
names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2007 list
will be used again in 2013. If all the names in a season's list have been
used, later storms are named for Greek letters, in alphabetical order.
(This has happened only once, in 2005.) A storm is given a name once its
winds reach a speed of 40 mph. In addition to the Atlantic list of names,
there are ten other lists corresponding to other storm-prone regions of
the world.
| 2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| Andrea |
Arthur |
Ana |
Alex |
Arlene |
Alberto |
| Barry |
Bertha |
Bill |
Bonnie |
Bret |
Beryl |
| Chantal |
Cristobal |
Claudette |
Colin |
Cindy |
Chris |
| Dean |
Dolly |
Danny |
Danielle |
Don |
Debby |
| Erin |
Edouard |
Erika |
Earl |
Emily |
Ernesto |
| Felix |
Fay |
Fred |
Fiona |
Franklin |
Florence |
| Gabrielle |
Gustav |
Grace |
Gaston |
Gert |
Gordon |
| Humberto |
Hanna |
Henri |
Hermine |
Harvey |
Helene |
| Ingrid |
Ike |
Ida |
Igor |
Irene |
Isaac |
| Jerry |
Josephine |
Joaquin |
Julia |
Jose |
Joyce |
| Karen |
Kyle |
Kate |
Karl |
Katia |
Kirk |
| Lorenzo |
Laura |
Larry |
Lisa |
Lee |
Leslie |
| Melissa |
Marco |
Mindy |
Matthew |
Maria |
Michael |
| Noel |
Nana |
Nicholas |
Nicole |
Nate |
Nadine |
| Olga |
Omar |
Odette |
Otto |
Ophelia |
Oscar |
| Pablo |
Paloma |
Peter |
Paula |
Philippe |
Patty |
| Rebekah |
Rene |
Rose |
Richard |
Rina |
Rafael |
| Sebastien |
Sally |
Sam |
Shary |
Sean |
Sandy |
| Tanya |
Teddy |
Teresa |
Tomas |
Tammy |
Tony |
| Van |
Vicky |
Victor |
Virginie |
Vince |
Valerie |
| Wendy |
Wilfred |
Wanda |
Walter |
Whitney |
William |
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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