Retired Hurricane Names
Many hurricane names have been retired throughout the years. They are generally retired because of the damage caused. Here is a list of those retired names. Some are rather interesting.
| Name | Year | Location(s) affected |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes | 1972 | Florida, Northeast U.S. |
| Alicia | 1983 | North Texas |
| Allen | 1980 | Antilles, Mexico, South Texas |
| Allison | 2001 | Texas |
| Andrew | 1992 | Bahamas, South Florida, and Louisiana |
| Anita | 1977 | Mexico |
| Audrey | 1957 | Louisiana, North Texas |
| Betsy | 1965 | Bahamas, SE Florida, SE Louisiana |
| Beulah | 1967 | Antilles, Mexico, South Texas |
| Bob | 1991 | North Carolina, Northeast U.S. |
| Camille | 1969 | Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama |
| Carla | 1961 | Texas |
| Carmen | 1974 | Mexico |
| Carol | 1954 | Northeast U.S. |
| Celia | 1970 | South Texas |
| Charley | 2004 | Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, South Carolina |
| Cleo | 1964 | Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, SE Florida |
| Connie | 1955 | North Carolina |
| David | 1979 | L.Antilles, Hispanola, Florida, East U.S. |
| Dennis | 2005 | Cuba, Florida |
| Diana | 1990 | Mexico |
| Diane | 1955 | Mid-Atlantic U.S. and Northeast U.S. |
| Donna | 1960 | Bahamas, Florida, and Eastern U.S. |
| Dora | 1964 | Northeast Florida |
| Edna | 1954 | North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maine |
| Elena | 1985 | Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida |
| Eloise | 1975 | Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama |
| Fabian | 2003 | Bermuda |
| Fifi | 1974 | Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico |
| Flora | 1963 | Haiti, Cuba |
| Floyd | 1999 | North Carolina, eastern seaboard |
| Fran | 1996 | North Carolina, eastern seaboard |
| Frances | 2004 | Caribbean, Florida, East US |
| Frederic | 1979 | Alabama and Mississippi |
| Georges | 1998 | Antilles, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| Gilbert | 1988 | L. Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan, Mexico |
| Gloria | 1985 | North Carolina, Northeast U.S. |
| 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 |
| Inez | 1966 | Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Keys, Mexico |
| Ione | 1955 | North Carolina |
| Iris | 2001 | Belize |
| Isabel | 2003 | North Carolina, Northeast U.S. |
| Isidore | 2002 | Western Cuba, Yucatan, Louisiana |
| Ivan | 2004 | Windward Islands, FL, TX, LA, Alabama |
| Janet | 1955 | Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico |
| Jeanne | 2004 | Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida |
| Joan | 1988 | Curacao,Venezuela,Colombia,Nicaragua |
| Juan | 2003 | Nova Scotia |
| Katrina | 2005 | Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana |
| Keith | 2000 | Belize, Nicaragua, Mexico |
| Klaus | 1990 | Martinique |
| Lenny | 1999 | Antilles |
| Lili | 2002 | Antilles, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, LA |
| Luis | 1995 | Lesser Antilles |
| Marilyn | 1995 | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico |
| Michelle | 2001 | Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba |
| Mitch | 1998 | Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras |
| Opal | 1995 | Central America, Mexico, Florida |
| Rita | 2005 | Louisiana, Texas |
| Roxanne | 1995 | Mexico |
| Stan | 2005 | Mexico, Central America |
| Wilma | 2005 | Yucatan, Florida |
| Alma | 2008 | Nicaragua |
| Ike | 2008 | Haiti, Cuba, Texas |
| Gustav | 2008 | Haiti, Cuba, Louisiana |
| Paloma | 2008 | Cuba |
