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2025 Tropical Names
ATLANTIC BASIN |
ATLANTIC ALTERNATE |
EAST PACIFIC BASIN |
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dexter
Erin
Fernand
Gabrielle
Humberto
Imelda
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Nestor
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy |
Adria
Braylen
Caridad
Deshawn
Emery
Foster
Gemma
Heath
Isla
Jacobus
Kenzie
Lucio
Makayla
Nolan
Orlanda
Pax
Ronin
Sophie
Tayshaun
Viviana
Will |
Alvin
Barbara
Cosme
Dalila
Erick
Flossie
Gil
Henriette
Ivo
Juliette
Kiko
Lorena
Mario
Narda
Octave
Priscilla
Raymond
Sonia
Tico
Velma
Wallis
Xina
York
Zelda |

Coastal Radars
Brownsville,
TX |
Tampa,
FL |
Wakefield,
VA |
Hilo,
HI |
Corpus
Christi, TX |
Key
West, FL |
Dover
AFB, NJ |
Kohala,
HI |
Houston,
TX |
Miami,
FL |
Mt.
Holly, NJ |
Molokai,
HI |
Lake
Charles, LA |
Melbourne,
FL |
New
York, NY |
Kauai,
HI |
New
Orleans, LA |
Jacksonville,
FL |
Boston,
MA |
Guam |
Mobile,
AL |
Charleston,
SC |
Portland,
ME |
Grand Cayman |
Panama
City, FL |
Wilmington,
NC |
Caribou, ME |
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Tallahassee,
FL |
Morehead
City, NC |
San
Juan, PR |
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Sea Surface Temperatures

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Category 1 |
74-95 mph |
64-82 knots |
Category 2 |
96-110 mph |
83-95 knots |
Category 3 |
111-129 mph |
96-112 knots |
Category 4 |
130-156 mph |
113-136 knots |
Category 5 |
>156 mph |
>136 knots |
Retired Hurricane Names by Year
1954: Hazel |
1955: Connie, Diane, Ione, Janet |
1957: Audrey |
1959: Gracie |
1960: Donna |
1961: Carla, Hattie |
1963: Flora |
1964: Cleo, Dora, Hilda |
1965: Betsy, Carol |
1966: Inez |
1967: Beulah |
1968: Edna |
1969: Camille |
1970: Celia |
1972: Agnes |
1974: Carmen, Fifi |
1975: Eloise |
1977: Anita |
1979: David, Frederick |
1980: Allen |
1983: Alicia |
1985: Elena, Gloria |
1988: Gilbert, Joan |
1989: Hugo |
1990: Diana, Klaus |
1991: Bob |
1992: Andrew |
1995: Luis, Marilyn, Opal, Roxanne |
1996: Cesar, Fran, Hortense |
1998: Georges, Mitch |
1999: Floyd, Lenny |
2000: Keith |
2001: Allison, Iris, Michelle |
2002: Isidore, Lili |
2003: Fabian, Isabel, Juan |
2004: Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne |
2005: Dennis, Katrina,
Rita, Stan, Wilma |
2007: Dean, Felix, Noel |
2008: Gustav, Ike,
Paloma |
2010: Igor, Tomas |
2011: Irene |
2012: Sandy |
2013: Ingrid |
2015: Erika, Joaquin |
2016: Matthew, Otto |
2017: Harvey, Irma, Maria, Nate |
2018: Florence, Michael |
2019: Dorian |
2020: Laura, Eta, Iota |
2021: Ida |
2022: Fiona, Ian |
2024: Beryl, Helene, Milton |
Most Intense Atlantic Storms by Pressure |
Storm |
Lowest Pressure (mb) |
Lowest Pressure (in) |
(1) 2005 Hurricane Wilma |
882 mb |
26.04 in |
(2) 1988 Hurricane Gilbert |
888 mb |
26.22 in |
(3) 1935 Florida Keys |
892 mb |
26.34 in |
(4) 2005 Hurricane Rita |
895 mb |
26.43 in |
(5) 2024 Hurricane Milton |
897 mb |
26.49 in |
(6) 1980 Hurricane Allen |
899 mb |
26.54 in |
(7) 1969 Hurricane Camille |
900 mb |
26.58 in |
(8) 2005 Hurricane Katrina |
902 mb |
26.63 in |
(9) 1998 Hurricane Mitch |
905 mb |
26.72 in |
(10) 2007 Hurricane Dean |
906 mb |
26.75 in |
(11 - tie) 2004 Hurricane Ivan |
910 mb |
26.87 in |
(11 - tie) 2019 Hurricane Dorian |
910 mb |
26.87 in |
(13) 2017 Hurricane Irma |
914 mb |
26.99 in |
(14) 2003 Hurricane Isabel |
915 mb |
27.01 in |
(15) 1989 Hurricane Hugo |
918 mb |
27.10 in |
(16) 2018 Hurricane Michael |
919 mb |
27.14 in |
(17) 1992 Hurricane Andrew |
922 mb |
27.22 in |
Most Intense Atlantic Storms by Wind |
Storm |
Sustained Winds |
Lowest Pressure (in) |
(1) 1980 Allen |
190 mph |
26.55 in |
(2) Labor Day 1935 |
185 mph |
26.34 in |
(2) 1988 Gilbert |
185 mph |
26.22 in |
(2) 2005 Wilma |
185 mph |
26.04 in |
(2) 2017 Irma |
185 mph |
27.34 in |
(2) 2019 Dorian |
185 mph |
26.87 in |
(7) 2005 Rita |
180 mph |
26.43 in |
(7) 1998 Mitch |
180 mph |
26.72 in |
(7) 2024 Milton |
180 mph |
26.49 in |
(10) 1932 "Cuba" |
175 mph |
27.02 in |
(10) 1955 Janet |
175 mph |
26.99 in |
(10) 1961 Carla |
175 mph |
27.49 in |
(10) 1969 Camille |
175 mph |
26.58 in |
(10) 1977 Anita |
175 mph |
27.34 in |
(10) 1979 David |
175 mph |
27.29 in |
Strongest Landfalling Hurricanes to Strike Louisiana
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*Hurricane Camille did not officially make landfall in Louisiana. The center moved north just to the east of extreme southeast Louisiana before making landfall in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
A Visit to the Tropical Prediction
Center/National Hurricane Center. Click HERE for photos and details!

Mike Ridgeway (left) and Don Wheeler (right)
with former National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield (center)
(We're Not Worthy!!!!)
Jerry Jarrell, former director of the National Hurricane
Center, and meteorologist Don Wheeler

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