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2021 Atlantic hurricane season facts for kids

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The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is a future event in which tropical cyclones will occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. The season begins June 1, 2021 and ends November 30, 2021. But the forming of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of year.

Storm names

These names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2021. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2022. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2027 season. This is the same list used in the 2015 season, with the exceptions of Elsa and Julian, which replaced Erika and Joaquin.

  • Ana (unused)
  • Bill (unused)
  • Claudette (unused)
  • Danny (unused)
  • Elsa (unused)
  • Fred (unused)
  • Grace (unused)
  • Henri (unused)
  • Ida (unused)
  • Julian (unused)
  • Kate (unused)
  • Larry (unused)
  • Mindy (unused)
  • Nicholas (unused)
  • Odette (unused)
  • Peter (unused)
  • Rose (unused)
  • Sam (unused)
  • Teresa (unused)
  • Victor (unused)
  • Wanda (unused)

Images for kids

  • NOAA-20 Fred, Grace, and 08L August 16 2021

    Three tropical cyclones simultaneously active in the North Atlantic on August 16: Fred (left), nearing landfall in the Florida Panhandle; Grace (bottom), south of Hispaniola; and the tropical depression which would eventually become Henri (upper right), near Bermuda

  • ISS-65 Hurricane Ida above the Gulf of Mexico (4)

    Hurricane Ida undergoing rapid intensification, as viewed by the International Space Station on August 28

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico de 2021 para niños

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