So far in 2012 the following hurricane/ tropical storm names have been used:
In the Atlantic:
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
In the Eastern Pacific:
Aletta
Bud
Carlotta
Daniel
Emilia
Fabio
Gilma
Hector
Ileana
Illinois does not get hurricanes. It is too far from the ocean.
There never was a Hurricane Tobias. The named Tobias was added to the six-year rotation of hurricane names when the name Tomas was retired following the 2010 hurricane season. Tobias was on the list of names available for the 2016 season, but it was never used. Hurricanes and tropical storms and named in alphabetical order, and the 2016 season only made it as far as Otto.
Able The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first letter of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, which was used from 1950 to 1952 for tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a Tropical Storm Able in the 1996 Pacific typhoon season.**** Atlantic: 1950's Hurricane Able- Category 4 hurricane that ultimately hit Nova Scotia as a tropical storm.1951's Hurricane Able- Earliest recorded Category 3 hurricane. It threatened the Bahamas and North Carolina before moving out to sea. 1952's Hurricane Able- Long-lived, minimal hurricane that ultimately struck South Carolina, causing $2.75 million in damage and 3 deaths along its path through the eastern United States. In 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet to name hurricanes starting with Able. In 1953 the names were switched to that of women and in 1979 men's names were used for the first time. Hurricanes that were notable had their names retired with over 60 names retired so far. The very first hurricane name to be retired was Carol, hurricane Carol struck the Northeast U.S. late August 1954 as a category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 100 miles per hour.
The name Sonia is available for use in the eastern Pacific Ocean, however, the name has not been used so far. Tropical storms are named in alphabetical order as they develop, and few seasons make it far enough to have a storm name begginning with S.
The name Samantha does not appear on any lists of current hurricane names. The only way for the name Samantha to be used is if a storm with a female name starting with S is bad enough to have that name retired. This probably won't happen any time soon as few hurricane season make it as far as S (storms are named in alphabetical order) and the S name for this year is male.
Illinois does not get hurricanes. It is too far from the ocean.
There never was a Hurricane Tobias. The named Tobias was added to the six-year rotation of hurricane names when the name Tomas was retired following the 2010 hurricane season. Tobias was on the list of names available for the 2016 season, but it was never used. Hurricanes and tropical storms and named in alphabetical order, and the 2016 season only made it as far as Otto.
There never was a Hurricane Tobias. The named Tobias was added to the six-year rotation of hurricane names when the name Tomas was retired following the 2010 hurricane season. Tobias was on the list of names available for the 2016 season, but it was never used. Hurricanes and tropical storms and named in alphabetical order, and the 2016 season only made it as far as Otto.
There never was a Hurricane Tobias. The named Tobias was added to the six-year rotation of hurricane names when the name Tomas was retired following the 2010 hurricane season. Tobias was on the list of names available for the 2016 season, but it was never used. Hurricanes and tropical storms and named in alphabetical order, and the 2016 season only made it as far as Otto.
No. In each year hurricanes are named in alphabetical order. Only in 2005 did the names reach as far as W with Hurricane Wilma.
As of 2016 there has been a Hurricane Matthew, which briefly became a category 5. So far no storm has been named Courtney.
There was a Hurricane Todd in the Pacific in 1998 off the coast of China, but that is it, no Atlantic Hurricane or storm has ever been named Todd. Part of the curse of our name being so far down the alphabetic list
Able The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first letter of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, which was used from 1950 to 1952 for tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a Tropical Storm Able in the 1996 Pacific typhoon season.**** Atlantic: 1950's Hurricane Able- Category 4 hurricane that ultimately hit Nova Scotia as a tropical storm.1951's Hurricane Able- Earliest recorded Category 3 hurricane. It threatened the Bahamas and North Carolina before moving out to sea. 1952's Hurricane Able- Long-lived, minimal hurricane that ultimately struck South Carolina, causing $2.75 million in damage and 3 deaths along its path through the eastern United States. In 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet to name hurricanes starting with Able. In 1953 the names were switched to that of women and in 1979 men's names were used for the first time. Hurricanes that were notable had their names retired with over 60 names retired so far. The very first hurricane name to be retired was Carol, hurricane Carol struck the Northeast U.S. late August 1954 as a category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 100 miles per hour.
Able The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first letter of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, which was used from 1950 to 1952 for tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a Tropical Storm Able in the 1996 Pacific typhoon season.**** Atlantic: 1950's Hurricane Able- Category 4 hurricane that ultimately hit Nova Scotia as a tropical storm.1951's Hurricane Able- Earliest recorded Category 3 hurricane. It threatened the Bahamas and North Carolina before moving out to sea. 1952's Hurricane Able- Long-lived, minimal hurricane that ultimately struck South Carolina, causing $2.75 million in damage and 3 deaths along its path through the eastern United States. In 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet to name hurricanes starting with Able. In 1953 the names were switched to that of women and in 1979 men's names were used for the first time. Hurricanes that were notable had their names retired with over 60 names retired so far. The very first hurricane name to be retired was Carol, hurricane Carol struck the Northeast U.S. late August 1954 as a category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 100 miles per hour.
Impossible to determine. Hurricanes have been around longer than there have been people to record them. But if you mean the first recorded hurricane, then in the Atlantic it would have hit the Leeward Islands and then to Louisiana. This was a minor hurricane and this is as far as I know of, which is pretty far since that one was in 1800. In the Pacific area, the farthest of my knowledge is a hurricane in 1925 and it existed off the coast of Mexico.
Porbably yes. So far there has not been a summer without hurricanes
So far there has only been one Atlantic hurricane in 2011, Irene, which has already lost hurricane status. It is expected to affect Quebec as a post tropical cyclone.