With the Atlantic finally firing up tropical cyclones, I figured to add a little bit of miscellany to it:
* This year begins the sixth go-around for the current Atlantic tropical cyclone names.
* The fewest number of named storms in a season using this list is 7 (in 1991 and 1997, although there was an 8th name-eligible storm in ’91). From those first 7 names, two (“Ana” and “Claudette”) are being used for the sixth time this year.
* The most named storms in a season with this list was 16, back in 2003.
* Three storm names – Fabian, Isabel, and Juan – were “retired” from the 2003 list, thus, 3 new names on this year’s list – Fred, Ida, and Joaquin. Incidentally, The original “F” storm on this list was Frederic – which was retired after the 1979 season. Go figure
Here’s the complete list for 2009
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda