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To: Jamestown1630

Dolly replaced Diana in 1996, so this is the 6th season with the name on the list. In previous years there was a Cat 2, a Cat 1 and three tropical storms.


16 posted on 08/27/2026 4:24:02 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: KarlInOhio

I think they have a rotation of six lists; if a particular name is retired, it gets replaced; and if the season exceeds the standard 21 names for a year, supplementary names are added.

(I’m proud to be one of the ‘retired’ names :-)


19 posted on 08/27/2026 4:37:04 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: KarlInOhio

Found some more on Wikipedia from other regions and before 1996.

The name Dolly has been used for fourteen tropical cyclones worldwide.

In the Atlantic Ocean:

Hurricane Dolly (1953) – strong hurricane that weakened rapidly before passing over Bermuda
Hurricane Dolly (1954) – stayed far from land
Hurricane Dolly (1968) – moved up the east coast of the United States but did not make landfall
Tropical Storm Dolly (1974) – did not strike land
Hurricane Dolly (1996) – made landfall at Quintana Roo, Mexico and again at Tamaulipas, Mexico
Tropical Storm Dolly (2002) – never threatened land
Hurricane Dolly (2008) – Category 2 hurricane that caused $1.5 billion in damage to Texas and Mexico
Tropical Storm Dolly (2014) – made landfall in Mexico
Tropical Storm Dolly (2020) – formed off the coast of the United States as a subtropical depression
Tropical Storm Dolly (2026) – currently active
In the West Pacific Ocean:

Typhoon Dolly (1946) – made landfall in China’s Zhejiang province
In the Australian region:

Tropical Cyclone Dolly (1965) – never impacted land
In the South-West Indian Ocean:

Tropical Storm Dolly (1972) – developed off the coast of Madagascar that later grazed Réunion
In the South Pacific Ocean:

Cyclone Dolly (1970) – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that minimal affected Vanuatu


24 posted on 08/27/2026 7:18:39 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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