2010 Atlantic Hurricane Names

The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season starts next Tuesday. The list of storm names rotates every six years by the World Meteorological Organization. The list of names runs from A-W; Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used. That’s usually enough to last a full season, which runs June 1-November 30th. However, so many hurricanes formed in 2005 that the entire list was used. For the first time, Greek letters were applied to the rest: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Zeta. It was the most active hurricane season ever, with five names permanently retired – the most names ever. The updated hurricane names:

 

2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Alex	Arlene	Alberto	Andrea	Arthur
Bonnie	Bret	Beryl	Barry	Bertha
Colin	Cindy	Chris	Chantal	Cristobal
Danielle	Don	Debby	Dorian	Dolly
Earl	Emily	Ernesto	Erin	Edouard
Fiona	Franklin	Florence	Fernand	Fay
Gaston	Gert	Gordon	Gabrielle	Gonzalo
Hermine	Harvey	Helene	Humberto	Hanna
Igor	Irene	Isaac	Ingrid	Isaias
Julia	Jose	Joyce	Jerry	Josephine
Karl	Katia	Kirk	Karen	Kyle
Lisa	Lee	Leslie	Lorenzo	Laura
Matthew	Maria	Michael	Melissa	Marco
Nicole	Nate	Nadine	Nestor	Nana
Otto	Ophelia	Oscar	Olga	Omar
Paula	Philippe	Patty	Pablo	Paulette
Richard	Rina	Rafael	Rebekah	Rene
Shary	Sean	Sandy	Sebastien	Sally
Tomas	Tammy	Tony	Tanya	Teddy
Virginie	Vince	Valerie	Van	Vicky
Walter	Whitney	William	Wendy	Wilfred