Retired Hurricanes

[HurricaneBill]

If anyone has ever been curious about what hurricanes have been retired, I'll list them for you.

(OK, OK, I just like listing things. I can't help it! I have Asperger's)

Anyway, here are the Atlantic retirees, along with their year, and peak intensity)

Hurricane Carol (1954) (Category 2)
Hurricane Edna (1954) (Category 3)
Hurricane Hazel (1954) (Category 4)
Hurricane Connie (1955) (Category 4)
Hurricane Diane (1955) (Category 3)
Hurricane Ione (1955) (Category 3)
Hurricane Janet (1955) (Category 5)
Hurricane Audrey (1957) (Category 4)
Hurricane Gracie (1959) (Category 4)
Hurricane Donna (1960) (Category 5)
Hurricane Carla (1961) (Category 5)
Hurricane Hattie (1961) (Category 5)
Hurricane Flora (1963) (Category 4)
Hurricane Cleo (1964) (Category 4)
Hurricane Dora (1964) (Category 3)
Hurricane Hilda (1964) (Category 4)
Hurricane Betsy (1965) (Category 4)
Hurricane Inez (1966) (Category 4)
Hurricane Beulah (1967) (Category 5)
Hurricane Camille (1969) (Category 5)
Hurricane Celia (1970) (Category 3)
Hurricane Agnes (1972) (Category 1)
Hurricane Carmen (1974) (Category 4)
Hurricane Fifi (1974) (Category 2)
Hurricane Eloise (1975) (Category 3)
Hurricane Anita (1977) (Category 5)
Hurricane David (1979) (Category 5)
Hurricane Frederic (1979) (Category 3)
Hurricane Allen (1980) (Category 5)
Hurricane Alicia (1983) (Category 3)
Hurricane Elena (1985) (Category 3)
Hurricane Gloria (1985) (Category 4)
Hurricane Gilbert (1988) (Category 5)
Hurricane Joan (1988) (Category 4)
Hurricane Hugo (1989) (Category 5)
Hurricane Diana (1990) (Category 2)
Hurricane Klaus (1990) (Category 1)
Hurricane Bob (1991) (Category 3)
Hurricane Andrew (1992) (Category 5)
Hurricane Luis (1995) (Category 4)
Hurricane Marilyn (1995) (Category 3)
Hurricane Opal (1995) (Category 4)
Hurricane Roxanne (1995) (Category 3)
Hurricane Cesar (1996) (Category 1)
Hurricane Fran (1996) (Category 3)
Hurricane Hortense (1996) (Category 4)
Hurricane Georges (1998) (Category 4)
Hurricane Mitch (1998) (Category 5)
Hurricane Floyd (1999) (Category 4)
Hurricane Lenny (1999) (Category 4)
Hurricane Keith (2000) (Category 4)
Tropical Storm Allison (2001)
Hurricane Iris (2001) (Category 4)
Hurricane Michelle (2001) (Category 4)
Hurricane Isidore (2002) (Category 3)
Hurricane Lili (2002) (Category 4)
and most likely:
Hurricane Fabian (2003) (Category 4)
Hurricane Isabel (2003) (Category 5)
Hurricane Juan (2003) (Category 2)

Feel free to discuss any of these storms.

[HurricaneBill]

For those wondering if any central or eastern Pacific storm names have ever been retired, here you go:

Hurricane Fico (1978) (Category 4)
Hurricane Iwa (1982) (Category 2)
Tropical Storm Knut (1987)
Hurricane Iva (1988) (Category 2)
Hurricane Fefa (1991) (Category 3)
Hurricane Iniki (1992) (Category 4)
Hurricane Ismael (1995) (Category 1)
Hurricane Pauline (1997) (Category 4)
Hurricane Adolph (2001) (Category 4)
Hurricane Kenna (2002) (Category 5)

[Matthew5]

So Isabel did not get retired?

[PTrackerLA]

I'm sure Isabel will be retired. I didn't realize that Lili was retired too. That makes three retired storms that I've been through (Lili, Andrew, Allison). I know Allison's worst effects were in Houston but we received 20" of rain from her as well so I'll count it!

[Guest]

13 CAT 5s on that list..Impressive!

[HurricaneBill]

I'd say that out of all the Atlantic storms, Carmen, Inez, and Fifi are the hardest to find info on.

However, info on Diana and Klaus seems to be non-existant.

Probably because both storms suffer from "mistaken identity".

In 1984, Klaus was noteworthy for forming late in November. However, Lili took the cake by becoming a hurricane in mid December. Lili was probably the latest Atlantic hurricane to form since Alice became a hurricane on December 30, 1954.

(Alice remained a hurricane until January 4th, 1955. Thus, Alice claims both titles as latest Atlantic hurricane and earliest.)

As for Diana, we all know she threatened NC as a borderline category 3/4. Then she stalled, weakened, and came onshore as a Category 2. She also struck at low tide.

If you do a google search on Diana, 99% of the info will probably be on the 1984 Diana, although it was 1990's Diana who was retired. In fact, many people probably think Diana was retired in 1984.

Any information on Hurricane Diana and Hurricane Klaus in 1990 would be greatly appreciated as I'm curious about these storms.

[Derek Ortt]

Diana was a very destructive cat 2 storm that made landfall near Veracruz. 10's of thousands of homes were destroyed by the storm