On each of the six lists of names that are rotated every sixth Atlantic hurricane season youll likely never see a Quincy Ursula or Zachary.

Q names for hurricanes. Hurricane names are typically retired when the storms become history-making for causing destruction and death. Hurricane season officially begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. The list which is sorted by US.

The process of naming hurricanes began in 1953 when the United States started using female names for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Unsurprisingly meteorologists name hurricanes. In 1978 both male and female names went into use for typhoons or storms in the Pacific Ocean.

17 rows This is a cumulative list of previously used tropical cyclone tropical storm and hurricane. The World Meteorological Organization has six different lists each with 21 namesone with every letter except Q. Hurricane names are chosen each year by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization WMO httpwwwwmointpagesprogwwwtcpStorm-naminghtml.

The names of men were introduced to the list for Atlantic Ocean storms in alphabetical order excluding names starting with the letters QU X Y or Z. The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph 119 kmh in the United States which is the minimum threshold for hurricane intensity. Below are the 2020 2021 and 2023 tropical storm names.

Andrea Barry Chantal Dorian Erin Fernand Gabrielle Humberto. Hurricanes occurring in the Atlantic basin are named based upon six alphabetized 21-name lists Q U X Y and Z are all skipped. The lists cycle on a six-year rotation so every seventh year.

In 1979 male names entered use for Atlantic storms as well. Why are there no hurricane names starting with Q U X Y and Z. The list of 2019 hurricane names for the North Atlantic storms which are most likely to impact the US.