The 2025 list of hurricane names was last used in 2019. This Atlantic hurricane season is expected to have an above-normal ...

If some of this year’s names seem familiar, it’s because each year’s names are decided six years out by an international ...

The practice of alternating male and female names began in 1979. The list of names is used in rotation and recycled every six ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) names all Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes using six rotating lists that repeat ...

The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin is not regulated by the National Hurricane Center. Instead ...

timeline showing retired hurricane names in atlantic before 1978 were all female names. Hurricane names were all female before 1978 Retired names of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic ...

when the Atlantic list started including both male and female names, according to the National Hurricane Center. Naming hurricanes makes storm communication more effective, reduces risk of ...

The National Hurricane Center began keeping a list of names in 1953, per the WMO. Only female names were initially used before male names were introduced, alternating with the female ones ...

One of the most common questions our Chief Meteorologist gets when visiting schools is: “How do hurricanes get their names?” Take a deep dive into the nomenclature history and discover if we could get ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As we get into hurricane season, you're going to see and hear, likely many storms in the Atlantic, whether ...

Consider, “Hurricane Santa Ana,” a violent storm ... etc.). Starting in 1953, storms were given female names. Rumor has it that a member of the committee was angry at his wife and wanted ...

when the Atlantic list started including both male and female names, according to the National Hurricane Center. Naming hurricanes makes storm communication more effective, reduces risk of ...