Template talk:Retired Atlantic hurricanes

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Retired Atlantic hurricanes
1950s	Carol – Edna – Hazel – Connie – Diane – Ione – Janet – Audrey – Gracie
1960s	Donna – Carla – Hattie – Flora – Cleo – Dora – Hilda – Betsy – Inez – Beulah – Camille
1970s	Celia – Agnes – Carmen – Fifi – Eloise – Anita – David – Frederic
1980s	Allen – Alicia – Elena – Gloria – Gilbert – Joan – Hugo
1990s	Diana – Klaus – Bob – Andrew– Luis – Marilyn – Opal– Roxanne – Cesar – Fran – Hortense – Georges – Mitch – Floyd – Lenny
2000s	Keith – Allison – Iris– Michelle – Isidore – Lili – Fabian – Isabel – Juan – Charley – Frances – Ivan – Jeanne – Dennis – Katrina – Rita – Stan – Wilma
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

Retired Atlantic hurricanes
1954-55	Carol	Edna	Hazel	Connie
1955-57	Diane	Ione	Janet	Audrey
1959-61	Gracie	Donna	Carla	Hattie
1963-64	Flora	Cleo	Dora	Hilda
1965-69	Betsy	Inez	Beulah	Camille
1970-74	Celia	Agnes	Carmen	Fifi
1975-79	Eloise	Anita	David	Frederic
1980-85	Allen	Alicia	Elena	Gloria
1988-90	Gilbert	Joan	Hugo	Diana
1990-95	Klaus	Bob	Andrew	Luis
1995-96	Marilyn	Opal	Roxanne	Cesar
1996-98	Fran	Hortense	Georges	Mitch
1999-01	Floyd	Lenny	Keith	Allison
2001-02	Iris	Michelle	Isidore	Lili
2003-04	Fabian	Isabel	Juan	Charley
2004-05	Frances	Ivan	Jeanne	Dennis
2005	Katrina	Rita	Stan	Wilma
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

Retired Atlantic hurricanes
Carol	Edna	Hazel	Connie
Diane	Ione	Janet	Audrey
Gracie	Donna	Carla	Hattie
Flora	Cleo	Dora	Hilda
Betsy	Inez	Beulah	Camille
Celia	Agnes	Carmen	Fifi
Eloise	Anita	David	Frederic
Allen	Alicia	Elena	Gloria
Gilbert	Joan	Hugo	Diana
Klaus	Bob	Andrew	Luis
Marilyn	Opal	Roxanne	Cesar
Fran	Hortense	Georges	Mitch
Floyd	Lenny	Keith	Allison
Iris	Michelle	Isidore	Lili
Fabian	Isabel	Juan	Charley
Frances	Ivan	Jeanne	Dennis
Katrina	Rita	Stan	Wilma
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

Retired Atlantic hurricanes
Carol	Edna	Hazel	Connie	Diane
Ione	Janet	Audrey	Gracie	Donna
Carla	Hattie	Flora	Cleo	Dora
Hilda	Betsy	Inez	Beulah	Camille
Celia	Agnes	Carmen	Fifi	Eloise
Anita	David	Frederic	Allen	Alicia
Elena	Gloria	Gilbert	Joan	Hugo
Diana	Klaus	Bob	Andrew	Luis
Marilyn	Opal	Roxanne	Cesar	Fran
Hortense	Georges	Mitch	Floyd	Lenny
Keith	Allison	Iris	Michelle	Isidore
Lili	Fabian	Isabel	Juan	Charley
Frances	Ivan	Jeanne	Dennis	Katrina
Rita	Stan	Wilma
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

In 2020, the WMO retired Eta and Iota from the hurricane naming lists and announced that it would end the use of the Greek alphabet. Hurricanes Delta and Zeta affected the United States and Mexico dealt enough damage for their names to be retired, but they were not retired. Should hurricanes with Greek letters be included as unofficially retired names? 24.191.232.15 (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My personal opinion is that we shouldn't include them as unofficially retired names, since they were just removed from the naming lists and not retired by the hurricane committee who could in theory bring them back at anytime.Jason Rees (talk) 14:15, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It has been a few years since the removal of the Greek alphabet names, and I think the names should be listed there with a footnote indicating the storm was part of the Greek naming list that was removed after the 2020 season. SerenityRune (talk) 01:11, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only Eta and Iota were officially retired. Yes, the Greek alphabet was also retired from usage, but that should get a mention in History of tropical cyclone naming, not get a mention on a template linking all retired storms. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:41, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]