Here is the 2015 list of Atlantic hurricane names.

Hurricane names that start with q. The list of hurricane names covers only 21 letters of the alphabet as it is difficult to find six suitable names one for each of the 6 rotating lists starting with Q U X Y and Z. Since 1978 the same lists of names have been used with names of significant tropical cyclones removed from the lists and replaced with new names. Ana Bill Claudette Danny Erika Fred Grace Henri Ida Joaquin Kate Larry Mindy Nicholas.

The Greek alphabet will be replaced by a supplemental list of names using the same rules as the main Atlantic hurricane season naming list a list of names A-Z but excluding the letters Q. They also decided that the new lists of hurricane name would start to be used in 1978 which was a year earlier than the Atlantic. Each year the first tropical storm of the season is given a name that starts with A the second storm is given a name that starts with a B and so on the letters Q U X Y and Z are not used becasue there are few common names starting with these letters.

So to utilize letters like Q U X Y and Z youd have to be able to come up with at least six names starting with those letters -- three of them being female names and three of them male. 17 rows Starting in 1979 the World Meteorological Organization began assigning both male and. Specific to the North Atlantic ocean the WMO keeps six lists of 21 male and female names that are.

An average year based on 1981 to 2010 data will result in 12 named storms including six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. If there are more than 21 named storms in a given year there is a supplemental list of 21 names that are used. The latest batch of storm names have been announced - but you will never see a storm called Quentin Ursula Xavier Yoko or Zara.

22 rows Hurricane and Tropical Storm names. The National Hurricane Center issues a rotating list of names every year. None of the 21 names begin with Q U X Y or Z.

The letters Q U X Y and Z are just not common. Why are there no hurricane names starting with Q U X Y and Z. Every six years the list starts over.