List of retired Australian cyclone names

Australian tropical cyclone
intensity scale
Category Sustained
winds 		Gusts
Five >107 kt
>198 km/h		 >151 kt
>280 km/h
Four 86–107 kt
158–198 km/h		 122–151 kt
226–280 km/h
Three 64–85 kt
118–157 km/h		 90–121 kt
167–225 km/h
Two 48–63 kt
89–117 km/h		 68–89 kt
126–166 km/h
One 34–47 kt
63–88 km/h		 49–67 kt
91–125 km/h

Tropical cyclones are non-frontal, low pressure systems that develop, within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft.[1] Within the Australian region, names are assigned from three pre-determined lists, to such systems, once they reach or exceed ten–minute sustained wind speeds of 65 km/h (40 mph), near the center, by either the Bureau of Meteorology or by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers in Jakarta, Indonesia and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] Within the Australian region, tropical cyclones have been officially named since the 1963–64 Australian region cyclone season, though several meteorological papers show that a few tropical cyclones were named before 1964–65.[2][3][4] The names of significant tropical cyclones that cause a high amount of damage and/or loss of life are retired from the lists of tropical cyclone names by either the Bureau of Meteorology or the World Meteorological Organization's RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee at their bi-annual meeting. Storms named by Port Moresby are automatically retired regardless of their impact due to their infrequent occurrence.[1]

Within the Australian region, there have been a total of 113 tropical cyclone names retired, with the 1990s accounting for 44 of these. Two of the most intense systems ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, Cyclones Gwenda and Inigo each attaining a barometric pressure of 900 hPa (26.58 inHg), are among the retired storms. The deadliest cyclone to take place since the 1960s was Cyclone Guba in 2007 which killed 149 people in Papua New Guinea. Additionally, the most damaging system was Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy in 1974 which devastated the city of Darwin, leaving A$837 million (A$5.65 billion 2011 AUD; US$2.64 billion 2011 USD) in losses.

Background

Within the region the credit for the first usage of personal names for weather systems, is generally given to the Queensland Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named systems between 1887 - 1907.[5] Wragge used names drawn from the letters of the Greek alphabet, Greek and Roman mythology and female names, to describe weather systems including tropical cyclones over Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic.[5] After the new Australian government had failed to create a federal weather bureau and appoint him director, Wragge started naming cyclones after political figures.[6] This system of naming weather systems subsequently fell into disuse for several years after Wragge retired, before the Australian Bureau of Meteorology started to use female names for tropical cyclones in the region during the 1963-64 cyclone season.[5]

During the International Women's Year of 1975 the Australian Science Minister ordered that tropical cyclones, within the Australian region should carry both men's and women's names.[5] This was because the minister thought "that both sexes should bear the odium of the devastation caused by cyclones."[5] As a result, male names were added to the lists of names for both basins, ahead of the 1975-76 season.[5][7]

The practice of retiring significant names was started during 1955 by the United States Weather Bureau in the Northern Atlantic basin, after hurricanes Carol, Edna, and Hazel struck the Northeastern United States and caused a significant amount of damage in the previous year.[8] Initially the names were only designed to be retired for ten years after which they might be reintroduced, however, it was decided at the 1969 Interdepartmental hurricane conference, that any significant hurricane in the future would have its name permanently retired.[8][9] Several names have been removed from the Pacific naming lists for various other reasons than causing a significant amount of death/destruction, which include being pronounced in a very similar way to other names and political reasons.[10][11]

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 1960s

There were 3 tropical cyclone names retired during the 1960s, after the naming of tropical cyclones had restarted during the 1963-64 tropical cyclone season.[12][13]

Name Dates active Peak
classification		 Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Land areas affected Damages
(AUD)		 Damages
(USD)		 Deaths Refs
Audrey 7 – 14 January 1964 Category 2 tropical cyclone Not Specified 983 hPa (29.03 inHg) Northern Territory, Queensland Extensive Extensive None [14]
Flora 1 – 5 December 1964 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) Northern Territory, Queensland Extensive Extensive None [15]
Dinah 22 – 31 January 1967 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 945 hPa (27.91 inHg) Queensland Severe Severe None [16][17]
3 names [nb 1][nb 2] Extensive Extensive None

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 1970s

During the 1970s, 18 tropical cyclones had their names retired.[20] During this period, one of the most well-known storms in Australian history, Cyclone Tracy, took place. It was both the costliest and deadliest of the decade; it would remain the costliest Australian cyclone until 2011 when Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi surpassed it. A total of 87 people were killed between these storms and A$977 million was wrought in damage.

Name Dates active Peak
classification		 Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Land areas affected Damages
(AUD)		 Damages
(USD)		 Deaths Refs
Ada 1 – 19 January 1970 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 962 hPa (28.41 inHg) Queensland $12 million 13 [21]
Dora 10 – 17 February 1971 Category 1 tropical cyclone 75 km/h (45 mph) 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) Queensland [22]
Gertie
Fiona 		10 – 28 February 1971 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Northern Territory
Queensland 		None [23][24][25][26]
Althea 10 – 27 December 1971 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) Queensland $25 million 3 [27][28][29]
Daisy 5–16 February 1972 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 959 hPa (28.32 inHg) Queensland $2 million [27][30]
Emily 27 March – 2 April 1972 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 155 km/h (95 mph) 945 hPa (27.91 inHg) 8 [31]
Madge March 8 – 18, 1973 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 954 [32]
Wanda 1973–74 Category 1 tropical cyclone 75 km/h (45 mph) 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) $68 million [27]
Tracy 21 – 26 December 1974 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 175 km/h (110 mph) 950 hPa (28.05 inHg) Northern Territory $200 million 71 [nb 3][27][34]
Trixie February 15 – 22, 1975 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone Not Specified 925 hPa (27.32 inHg) Western Australia >$5 million >$5 million None [35]
Joan 30 November - 10 December 1975 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 230 km/h (145 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) Western Australia $25 million [36]
David January 13 – 19, 1976 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 85 961 [37]
Beth February 13–22, 1976 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) Queensland $3 million $3.13 million [nb 4][27]
Ted 15–21 December 1976 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone Not Specified 950 Queensland [39]
Alby March 27 – 5 April 1978 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 200 km/h (125 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Western Australia 50 million [27][40]
15 names [nb 1][nb 2]

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 1980s

Tracks of storms retired in the 1980s
Name Dates active Peak
classification		 Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Land areas affected Damages
(AUD)		 Damages
(USD)		 Deaths Refs
Simon 21 – 28 February 1980 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) Queensland, New Zealand Minor Minor None [41]
Elinor 10 February – 3 March 1983 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) Queensland Minor Minor [42]
Kathy 16 – 24 March 1984 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone Cape York Peninsula
Northern Territory 		1 $12 million [43][44]
Lance 4 – 7 April 1984 Category 2 tropical cyclone 95 km/h (60 mph) 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) Queensland [45]
Nigel
Sandy 20 – 24 March 1985 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 953 hPa (28.14 inHg) Northern Territory
Western Australia 		[46]
Margot 10 – 25 April 1985 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 942 hPa (27.82 inHg)
Winifred 27 January – 5 February 1986 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 957 hPa (28.26 inHg) Queensland 3 $130 million
Manu 21–27 April 1986 Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) Papua New Guinea
Queensland 		Extensive Extensive [47]
Connie 15 – 23 January 1987 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 950 hPa (28.05 inHg)
Jason 5 – 14 February 1987 Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg)
Elsie 22 – 27 February 1987 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 940 hPa (27.76 inHg)
Agi 8–16 January 1988 Category 2 tropical cyclone 95 km/h (60 mph) 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 		Unknown Unknown [48]
Charlie 21 February – 1 March 1988 Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) Queensland 1 $200 thousand [49]
Herbie 17 – 21 May 1988 Category 1 tropical cyclone 75 km/h (45 mph) 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) Western Australia 0 $20 million [50][51]
Ilona 12 – 19 December 1988 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Western Australia $1 million $725 thousand
Delilah 28 December 1988 –
4 January 1989 		Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) New Caledonia
New Zealand 		2
Ned 25 March – 1 April 1989 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 941 hPa (27.79 inHg) Western Australia Minor Minor None [52]
Aivu 31 March - 5 April 1989 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 175 km/h (110 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) Queensland 1 $90 million [53]
Orson 17 – 24 April 1989 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone250 km/h (155 mph) 904 hPa (26.70 inHg) Western Australia $20 million $16 million 5[54]
Pedro 6 – 13 November 1989 Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) Cocos Island Minor Minor None [55]
Felicity 13 – 20 December 1989 Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Cape York Peninsular Minor Minor None [55][56]
22 names [nb 1][nb 2]

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 1990s

Name Dates active Classification Wind speeds Pressure Areas affected Damage
(AU$)		 Damage
(US$)		 Deaths Refs
Tina 25 – 28 January 1990 Category 2 tropical cyclone 115 km/h (70 mph) 975 hPa (28.80 inHg) Western Australia Minor Minor None [55]
Ivor March 15 – 26, 1990 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Cape York Peninsular None $15 million [57][58]
Joy 15 – 27 December, 1990 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 940 hPa (27.76 inHg) Solomon Islands, Queensland 6 $135 million [59][60]
Daphne
Fifi
Mark 6 – 10 January 1992 Category 2 tropical cyclone 100 km/h (65 mph) 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) Queensland, Northern Territory None $3.5 million [61]
Ian 27 February – 3 March 1992 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (135 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Western Australia None Unknown [62]
Jane
Nina 21 December 1992 – 5 January 1993 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Queensland, Tonga
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Wallis and Futuna 		32 $1 million [63]
Lena
Oliver 5 – 14 February 1993 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone N/A N/A Queensland N/A Unknown [64]
Roger 12 – 21 March 1993 Category 2 tropical cyclone N/A N/A Solomon Islands, New Caledonia N/A N/A [65]
Adel 13–15 May 1993 Category 1 tropical cyclone 75 km/h (45 mph) 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) Papua New Guinea 3 [66]
Naomi 15 – 18 December 1993 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Western Australia None N/A [67]
Pearl 11 – 21 January 1994 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 155 km/h (100 mph) 950 hPa (28.06 inHg) No land areas None None [68]
Quenton
Sharon 12 – 22 March 1994 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Indonesia, Western Australia None None [69]
Annette 12 – 20 December 1994 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 195 km/h (120 mph) 925 hPa (27.32 inHg) Western Australia, South Australia None N/A [70]
Bobby 19 – 27 February 1995 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 195 km/h (120 mph) 925 hPa (27.32 inHg) Northern Territory, Western Australia 8 N/A [71]
Violet 3 – 6 March 1995 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Lord Howe Island, New South Wales None Minimal [72][73]
Warren 4 – 6 March 1995 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Queensland, Northern Territory None N/A [74]
Chloe
Agnes 16 – 22 April 1995 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) N/A No land areas None None [75]
Frank
Gertie 17 – 22 December, 1995 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone N/A N/A Australia None Unknown [76]
Barry 4 – 7 January 1996 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone N/A N/A Queensland None Unknown [77]
Celeste 26 – 29 January 1996 Category 2 tropical cyclone N/A N/A Queensland None N/A [78]
Ethel 7 – 13 March 1996 Category 2 tropical cyclone N/A 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) Queensland, Northern Territory None N/A [79]
Kristy 7 – 14 March 1996 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 175 km/h (110 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) Western Australia None N/A [80]
Olivia 5 – 12 April 1996 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone N/A 925 hPa (27.32 inHg) Western Australia, South Australia None N/A [81]
Lindsay
Fergus 23 December 1996 – 1 January 1997 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) Solomon Islands, New Zealand 4
Rachel 3 – 8 January 1997 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (80 mph) 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) Northern Territory, Western Australia None Minor [82]
Justin 6 – 24 March 1997 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) Papua New Guinea, Queensland 37 $190 million [83]
Rhonda 11 – 17 May 1997 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 175 km/h (110 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) Cocos Islands, Western Australia None None [84]
Katrina 1 – 25 January 1998 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 940 hPa (27.76 inHg) Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Queensland 2 $8.66 million [85]
Sid 24 – 29 December 1998 Category 2 tropical cyclone 95 km/h (60 mph) 985 hPa (29.1 inHg) Northern Territory 1 $100 million [86]
Thelma 3 – 15 December 1998 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 220 km/h (140 mph) 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) Northern Territory 1 Unknown
Rona 10 – 21 February 1999 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 150 km/h (90 mph) 955 hPa (28.2 inHg) Eastern Australia, New Caledonia 7 $150 million [87]
Vance 16 – 23 March 1999 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (130 mph) 910 hPa (26.8 inHg) Northern Territory, Western Australia None $303 million
Elaine 16 – 20 March 1999 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (130 mph) 945 hPa (27.91 inHg) Western Australia None Unknown [88]
Gwenda 2 – 8 April 1999 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 220 km/h (140 mph) 900 hPa (26.5 inHg) Western Australia None Minimal
John 10 – 15 December 1999 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (120 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) Western Australia None $300 million [88]
[nb 1][nb 2]

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 2000s

Tracks of storms retired in the 2000s

During the 2000s, 23 tropical cyclone names were retired. At the start of the 2008-09 season two sets of Indonesian names were established for the newly established TCWC Jakarta, while the naming lists for the three Australian TCWC's were combined. The name Hamish subsequently became the first name to be retired from these lists, after it impacted the coast of Queensland during 2008-09. The name Laurence was retired after it intensified into a category 5 severe tropical cyclone twice during December 2009 and affected Western Australia.[89]

Name Dates active Peak classification
on the Australian scale		 Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Areas affected Damage
(AU$)		 Damage
(US$)		 Deaths Refs
Steve 27 February –
11 March 2000 		Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 145 km/h (90 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Northern Australia
Western Australia 		$90 million 1 [90][91]
Tessi 1 – 2 April 2000 Category 2 tropical cyclone 95 km/h (60 mph) 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) Queensland $60 million [90]
Rosita 17 – 21 April 2000 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Western Australia [92]
Sam 28 November –
10 December 2000 		Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 175 km/h (110 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) North-Western Australia [93]
Abigail 24 February –
8 March 2001 		Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 120 km/h (75 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) Northern Territory
Queensland
Chris 2 – 7 February 2002 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) Western Australia
Upia 21–29 May 2002 Category 1 tropical cyclone 65 km/h (40 mph) 995 hPa (29.38 inHg) Budelun Island None None None [94]
Erica 1 – 17 March 2003 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (135 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) Queensland, New Caledonia
Graham
Inigo 31 March – 8 April 2003 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 240 km/h (150 mph) 900 hPa (26.58 inHg) Indonesia, Western Australia
Epi 5–7 June 2003 Category 1 tropical cyclone 65 km/h (40 mph) 995 hPa (29.38 inHg) [95]
Monty 25 February – 3 March 2004 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) Western Australia
Fay 12 – 28 March 2004 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (135 mph) 910 hPa (26.87 inHg) North-Western Australia
Harvey 3 – 7 February 2005 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 967 hPa (28.55 inHg) Northern Territory
Ingrid 4 – 16 March 2005 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 230 km/h (145 mph) 924 hPa (27.28 inHg) Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia
Clare 6 – 10 January 2006 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Western Australia $2.35 million None [90][96]
Larry 15 – 20 March 2006 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 940 hPa (27.76 inHg) Queensland $1.18 billion None [90]
Glenda 22 – 31 March 2006 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (135 mph) 910 hPa (26.87 inHg) Western Australia
Monica 16 – 27 April 2006 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 250 km/h (155 mph) 916 hPa (27.05 inHg) Queensland
Northern Territory
George 27 February –
11 March 2007 		Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 902 hPa (26.63 inHg) North-Western Australia $100 million 2 [90]
Guba 11 -20 November 2007 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 140 km/h (85 mph) 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) Papua New Guinea 172 [90]
Helen 1 –7 January 2008 Category 2 tropical cyclone 95 km/h (60 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Northern Territory 1 [97]
Hamish 4 – 11 March 2009 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (135 mph) 925 hPa (27.31 inHg) Queensland $60 million 2
Laurence 8 – 23 December 2009 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 925 hPa (27.31 inHg) Australia $10 million $8.9 million None [89][98]
23 names [nb 1][nb 2][nb 5]

Tropical Cyclone names retired in the 2010s

Tracks of all storms retired in the 2010s

During the 2010s, ten names have been retired, because of impacts caused to either Australia or various South Pacific island nations including the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Tonga. At the start of the decade the name Magda was retired, after it made landfall on the Kimberley region of Western Australia, as a category 3 severe tropical cyclone.[100] The name Carlos was subsequently retired after it broke several rainfall records, as it impacted Darwin and North-Western Australia during February 2011.[101] The names Heidi and Lua were retired after the 2011-12 season and both had impacted the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[102][103] The name Jasmine was also retired after the 2011-12 season and had affected the island nations of Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Tonga.[104]

Name Dates active Peak classification Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Areas affected Damage
(AU$)		 Damage
(US$)		 Deaths Refs
Magda 18 – 24 January 2010 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 130 km/h (80 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Western Australia Minor Minor None [100]
Carlos 12 – 27 February 2011 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 120 km/h (75 mph) 969 hPa (28.62 inHg) Northern Territory, Western Australia $16 million $16.2 million None
Heidi 9 – 13 January 2012 Category 3 severe tropical cyclone 120 km/h (75 mph) 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) Western Australia Minor Minor None
Jasmine 31 January –
16 February 2012 		Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 942 hPa (27.82 inHg) Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tonga N/A None
Lua 10 – 18 March 2012 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 930 hPa (27.47 inHg) Western Australia $220 million None [105]
Oswald 17 – 29 January 2013 Category 1 tropical cyclone 75 km/h (45 mph) 991 hPa (29.26 inHg) Eastern Australia $2.4 billion 6
Rusty 22 – 28 February 2013 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 165 km/h (105 mph) 945 hPa (27.91 inHg) Western Australia Minor Minor None
Ita 1 – 14 April 2014 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 215 km/h (130 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Solomon Islands, Queensland
Papua New Guinea, New Zealand 		$73 million $75 million 22 [90][nb 6]
[nb 7]
Lam 12 – 20 February 2015 Category 4 severe tropical cyclone 185 km/h (115 mph) 943 hPa (27.85 inHg) Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia $82.4 million $64.4 million None
Marcia 15 – 26 February 2015 Category 5 severe tropical cyclone 205 km/h (125 mph) 930 hPa (27.46 inHg) Queensland $750 million $591 million None
10 names [nb 1][nb 2][nb 5]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reference for the names retired between 1963 and 2014.[12]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Unless otherwise noted the data for the peak classification, wind speeds and pressure columns, comes from either the Australian, Fiji or New Zealand tropical cyclone databases.[18][19]
  3. ↑ Additional reference for the names Tracy and Joy being retired.[33]
  4. ↑ This damage total was originally reported in Australian Dollars and was converted to United States Dollars via the fxtop website.[38]
  5. 1 2 Reference for the names Hamish, Laurence and Magda being retired.[99]
  6. ↑ Insurance claims in New Zealand associated with the remnants of Severe Tropical Cyclone Ita amounted to NZ$55.3 million.[106] According to the Oanda Corporations currency converter this amounts to US$47.9 million and AU$50.9 million.[107]
  7. ↑ EM-DAT provides a damage estimate of US$24 million for Cyclone Ita's damage to the Solomon Islands.[90] According to the Oanda Corporations currency converter this amounts to around AU$25 million.[107]

References

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  2. ↑ Terry, James P. (2007). "3.4". Tropical cyclones: climatology and impacts in the South Pacific. Springer. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9780387715421.
  3. ↑ Callaghan, Jeff (18 August 2004). "Tropical Cyclone Impacts along the Australian east coast from November to April 1858–2000" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Severe Weather. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  4. ↑ Unattributed (13 March 2010). "Tropical cyclones in Vanuatu: 1847 to 1994" (PDF). Vanuatu Meteorological Service. Pacific Disaster Net. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Ray (1990). "What's in a Name?" (PDF). Weather and Climate. The Meteorological Society of New Zealand. 10 (1): 24–26. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Landsea, Christopher W; Dorst, Neal M (1 June 2014). "Subject: Tropical Cyclone Names: B1) How are tropical cyclones named?". Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Question. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sex-Shift in Australia: A Cyclone Named 'Alan'". New York Times. Reuters. 30 September 1975.  – via New York Times (subscription required)
  8. 1 2 Dorst, Neal; Hurricane Research Division (23 October 2012). "They Called the Wind Mahina: The History of Naming Cyclones" (PPTX). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. p. Slides 8–72.
  9. ↑ Reuters (1 June 1969). "It's time (June) to match for Anna...". The Daily Gleaner. Kingston, Jamaica. p. 2. – via The Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
  10. ↑ RA IV Hurricane Committee (30 May 2013). "Chapter 9: Tropical Cyclone Names". Regional Association IV: Hurricane Operational Plan 2013 (PDF). World Meteorological Organization. pp. 98–99. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Landsea, Christopher W; Dorst, Neal (20 June 2014). "Subject: B3) What storm names have been retired?". Tropical Cyclone Frequently Asked Questions:. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  12. 1 2 RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee (5 May 2015). List of Tropical Cyclone Names withdrawn from use due to a Cyclone's Negative Impact on one or more countries (PDF) (Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South-East Indian Ocean and the Southern Pacific Ocean 2014). World Meteorological Organization. pp. 2B–1 – 2B–4 (23 – 26). Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  13. ↑ 14. When did the naming of cyclones begin? (Tropical Cyclones Frequently Asked Questions). Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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