Once a hurricane has done a great deal of damage and caused loss of life, its name is retired from the six-year list cycle. Countries affected by such hurricanes will petition the WMO to have the name retired and replaced with a new name.
| Atlantic Storm Names Retired into Hurricane History |
| Hurricane Name |
Year |
Area Affected |
| Agnes |
1972 |
Florida, Northeast U.S. |
| Alicia |
1983 |
North Texas |
| Allen |
1980 |
Antilles, Mexico, South Texas |
| Allison¢ |
2001 |
Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana |
| Andrew |
1992 |
Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana |
| Anita |
1977 |
Mexico |
| Audrey |
1957 |
Louisiana, North Texas |
| Betsy |
1965 |
Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana |
| Beulah |
1967 |
Antilles, Mexico, South Texas |
| Bob |
1991 |
North Carolina, Northeast U.S. |
| Camille |
1969 |
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama |
| Carla |
1961 |
Texas |
| Carmen |
1974 |
Mexico, Central Louisiana |
| Carol |
1954 |
Northeast U.S. |
| Celia |
1970 |
South Texas |
| Charley |
2004 |
Florida, Cuba, Captiva Island |
| Cesar |
1996 |
Honduras |
| Cleo |
1964 |
Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida |
| Connie |
1955 |
North Carolina |
| David |
1979 |
Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida, Eastern U.S. |
| Dean |
2007 |
Caribbean, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico |
| Dennis |
2005 |
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Florida |
| Diana |
1990 |
Mexico |
| Diane |
1955 |
Mid-Atlantic U.S., Northeast U.S. |
| Donna |
1960 |
Bahamas, Florida, Eastern U.S. |
| Dora |
1964 |
Northeast Florida |
| Edna |
1954 |
Maine, New Brunswick |
| Elena |
1985 |
Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida |
| Eloise |
1975 |
Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama |
| Fabian |
2003 |
Bermuda |
| Felix |
2007 |
Nicaragua, Honduras |
| Fifi |
1974 |
Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana |
| Flora |
1963 |
Haiti, Cuba |
| Floyd |
1999 |
North Carolina, Eastern U.S. |
| Fran |
1996 |
North Carolina |
| Frances |
2004 |
Bahamas, Florida |
| Frederic |
1979 |
Alabama, Mississippi |
| Georges |
1998 |
Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, Domenican Republic, Haiti, Cuba |
| Gilbert |
1988 |
Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico |
| Gloria |
1985 |
North Carolina, Northeast U.S. |
| Gustav |
2008 |
Haiti, Dominican Republic, Louisiana |
| Hattie |
1961 |
Belize, Guatemala |
| Hazel |
1954 |
Antilles, North and South Carolina |
| Hilda |
1964 |
Louisiana |
| Hortense |
1996 |
Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic |
| Hugo |
1989 |
Antilles, South Carolina |
| Ike |
2008 |
Haiti, Cuba, Texas |
| Inez |
1966 |
Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico |
| Ione |
1955 |
North Carolina |
| Iris |
2001 |
Belize |
| Isabel |
2003 |
North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern U.S. |
| Isidore |
2002 |
Cuba, Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana |
| Ivan |
2004 |
Barbados, Grenada, Grand Cayman, Alabama, Gulf Coast |
| Janet |
1955 |
Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico |
| Jeanne |
2004 |
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Florida |
| Joan |
1988 |
Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam) |
| Juan |
2003 |
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (Atlantic Canada) |
| Katrina |
2005 |
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia |
| Keith |
2000 |
Belize, southern Mexico |
| Klaus |
1990 |
Martinique |
| Lenny |
1999 |
Antilles |
| Lili |
2002 |
Cuba, Louisiana, Windward Islands, Cayman Islands |
| Luis |
1995 |
Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Bermuda |
| Marilyn |
1995 |
Bermuda |
| Michelle |
2001 |
Cuba, Jamaica |
| Mitch |
1998 |
Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras |
| Noel |
2007 |
Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas, Puerto Rico |
| Opal |
1995 |
Florida Panhandle |
| Paloma |
2008 |
Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica |
| Rita |
2006 |
Louisiana, Texas |
| Roxanne |
1995 |
Yucatan Peninsula |
| Stan |
2005 |
Mexico, Central America |
| Wilma |
2005 |
Cuba, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Florida |
