Retired cyclone names?

[HurricaneBill]

Just out of curiosity, does anybody know which cyclone names are retired?

The only two I can think of are Tracy (1974) and Orson (1989).

How about in the South Indian Ocean and South Pacific?

I'm just curious if other names in other basins get retired.

[AussieMark]

there are others

Tropical Cyclone "Ada" (1970)

Tropical cyclone Winifred (1986)

Tropicaal Cyclone Wanda (1974)

[HurricaneBill]

Thanks!

[weatherwindow]

for tropicalweatherwatcher....do you have a email address for the retired list?....tried http://www.bom.gov.au......thanks

[HurricaneBill]

I've done a bit of research on the Australian name lists and these names have been removed and replaced over the past decade. I don't know if that means they're retired or not, but here they are.

Western Australia lists:

Margot (1985)
Connie (1987)
Elsie (1987)
Herbie (1988)
Ilona (1988)
Ned (1989)
Pedro (1989)
Tina (never used)
Daphne (1991)
Fifi (1991)
Ian (1992)
Jane (1992)
Lena (1993)
Naomi (1993)
Pearl (1994)
Quenton (1994)
Sharon (1994)
Annette (1995)
Bobby (1995)
Chloe (1995)
Frank (1995)
Gertie (1995)
Kirsty (1996)
Rhonda (1997)
Elaine (1999)
Gwenda (1999)
John (1999)
Rosita (2000)
Sam (2000)
Chris (2002)

[HurricaneBill]

Eastern Australian lists:

Elinor (1983)
Kathy (1984)
Lance (1984)
Nigel (1985)
Sandy (1985)
Charlie (1988)
Felicity (1989)
Ivor (1990)
Joy (1990)
Mark (1992)
Nina (1992)
Oliver (1993)
Roger (1993)
Violet (1995)
Warren (1995)
Agnes (1995)
Barry (1996)
Celeste (1996)
Ethel (1996)
Fergus (1996)
Justin (1997)
Katrina (1998)
Rona (1999)
Steve (2000)
Tessi (2000)
Abigail (2001)
Erica (2003)
Ann (never used)
Charles (never used)

Northern Australia lists:
Rachel (1997)
Thelma (1998)
Vance (1999)

[AussieMark]

for tropicalweatherwatcher....do you have a email address for the retired list?....tried http://www.bom.gov.au......thanks

No

Just looking for the names of some really destructive cyclones that are no longer in use.

[HurricaneBill]

Looking over Australia's cyclone history, here are storms that are probably retired or retirement-worthy. This is just my own personal opinion from what I've read about them.

1967 Cyclone Glenda

1968 Cyclone Giselle (struck New Zealand)

1970 Cyclone Ada

1971 Cyclone Sheila-Sophie

1971 Cyclone Althea

1972 Cyclone Emily

1974 Cyclone Wanda

1974 Cyclone Tracy (no-brainer)

1975 Cyclone Trixie (no fatalities, but very intense landfall)

1978 Cyclone Alby

1979 Cyclone Hazel

1986 Cyclone Winifred

1986 Cyclone Namu

1988 Cyclone Herbie

1988 Cyclone Delilah

1989 Cyclone Aivu

1989 Cyclone Orson (had a barometric pressure of 905 mb)

1990 Cyclone Nancy

1990 Cyclone Joy

1991 Cyclone Fifi (never made landfall but sunk a ore freighter, killing 27 people)

1993 Cyclone Rewa

1995 Cyclone Bobby

1996 Cyclone Olivia

1997 Cyclone Justin (killed 43, including 11 in Australia)

1999 Cyclone Vance (no fatalities but one of the most intense cyclones to hit Australia)

1999 Cyclone John (ditto)

2000 Cyclone Rosita

2000 Cyclone Sam

[AussieMark]

Cyclone Thelma was a similar intensity as Vance when she hit NW Australia in December 1998.