FUN FACT: Should Humberto become a hurricane again in 2019, he will have the record for the most times (5) as a hurricane (with a perfect record) since the name went into usage in the 90s.
Do you think he can make it?
Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
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Category5Kaiju
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Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
In the Pacific, the name "Kenneth" is perhaps very striking imho as ever since its debut in the early 1990s, Kenneth has always been a Category 4 hurricane (4 times in total). So, talk about luck in this case!
In the Atlantic, after replacing Hugo, "Humberto" has always been used on a hurricane (never a TS at peak), with the strongest being a Cat 3 in 2019.
However, in terms of first letters, more generically (especially in the Atlantic) the D, I, and M storms seem to have a tendency to be the nasty and powerful ones.
In the Atlantic, after replacing Hugo, "Humberto" has always been used on a hurricane (never a TS at peak), with the strongest being a Cat 3 in 2019.
However, in terms of first letters, more generically (especially in the Atlantic) the D, I, and M storms seem to have a tendency to be the nasty and powerful ones.
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InfernoFlameCat
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Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
Until 2020 W was the strongest letter.
Only Wilma existed before Wilfred came along and Wilma was (as you all know) the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic,
Only Wilma existed before Wilfred came along and Wilma was (as you all know) the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic,
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BadLarry95
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Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
InfernoFlameCat wrote:Until 2020 W was the strongest letter.
Only Wilma existed before Wilfred came along and Wilma was (as you all know) the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic,
Ironically, Wilfred was one of the weakest storms to have existed (40mph/1007mb). But the average W storm is still a cat 3 with 113 mph winds.
V’s average is a 63mph TS
T is a 86mph cat 1
S is a 82 mph cat 1
R is a 95 mph cat 1/2
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Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
DioBrando wrote:For the Atlantic:
Never a Hurricane with multiple tries:
Ana (8)
Colin (3)
Andrea (4)
Melissa (3)
Always a hurricane:
Humberto (5)
Retired with perfect record:
David (1)
Frederic (1)
Allen (1)
Alicia (1)
Gilbert (1)
Joan (1)
Hugo (1)
Diana (2)
Klaus (2)
Bob (3)
Luis (1)
Marilyn (1)
Opal (1)
Roxanne (1)
Georges (2)
Mitch (2)
Floyd (4)
Lenny (1)
Michelle (1)
Lili (4)
Juan (2)
Ivan (3)
Jeanne (3)
Rita (1)
Stan (1)
Wilma (1)
Feliz (4)
Noel (3)
Ike (1)
Paloma (1)
Igor (1)
Tomas (1)
Irene (4)
Sandy (1)
Joaquin (1)
Irma (1)
Maria (3)
Nate (3)
Michael (3)
Aaaaaand Gordon became a TS in 2018 and some were kicked out of the list in 2017-18, so I've just updated the above list for OP and Bad Larry.
Updated 2023
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Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
Category5Kaiju wrote:In the Pacific, the name "Kenneth" is perhaps very striking imho as ever since its debut in the early 1990s, Kenneth has always been a Category 4 hurricane (4 times in total). So, talk about luck in this case!
In the Atlantic, after replacing Hugo, "Humberto" has always been used on a hurricane (never a TS at peak), with the strongest being a Cat 3 in 2019.
However, in terms of first letters, more generically (especially in the Atlantic) the D, I, and M storms seem to have a tendency to be the nasty and powerful ones.
2023:
Kenneth September 19–22 Tropical storm 50 (85) 1000 None None None
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blonde stacey (xe/xem/xir)
Re: Which hurricane names tend to be strong?
Emily (1987, 1993, 2005) and Felix (1995, 2001, 2007) are the only two Atlantic names I can think of off hand that reached major hurricane three times
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