We are still weeks away from the official start of hurricane season, but the names that will be used in 2025 have already been determined.

A storm is named after sustained winds hit 39 mph. It turns into a hurricane after winds reach 74 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The World Meteorological Organization has come up with half a dozen lists of names that are cycled through every six years. The only time a name is changed is when a storm is so deadly or causes so much damage that it would be inappropriate to reuse. it.

Names such as Katrina, Gustav and Florence are no longer used. The last time hurricane names were removed was after 2022 season when Fiona and Ian dropped from the list, the National Hurricane Center said.

Here are the names that will be used in 2025 for storms in the Atlantic:

• Andrea
• Barry
• Chantal
• Dexter
• Erin
• Fernand
• Gabrielle
• Humberto
• Imelda
• Jerry
• Karen
• Lorenzo
• Melissa
• Nestor
• Olga
• Pablo
• Rebekah
• Sebastien
• Tanya
• Van
• Wendy

USA Today noted that there are no storms that begin with Q, U, X, Y or Z because there are so few names that start with those letters.

There is a list of alternate names in case the season spawns more than 21 named storms in the Atlantic Basin.

They are:

• Adria
• Braylen
• Caridad
• Deshawn
• Emery
• Foster
• Gemma
• Heath
• Isla
• Jacobus
• Kenzie
• Lucio
• Makayla
• Nolan
• Orlanda
• Pax
• Ronin
• Sophie
• Tayshaun
• Viviana
• Will

If a storm develops before the start of the season, it will take the name from the current calendar date. If a storm starts before June 1, it will use a name from the 2025 list. If one had popped up before Jan. 1, it would have a name from the 2024 list.

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 and will run through Nov. 30, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The Eastern North Pacific area has a different list:

• Alvin
• Barbara
• Cosme
• Dalila
• Erick
• Flossie
• Gil
• Henriette
• Ivo
• Juliette
• Kiko
• Lorena
• Mario
• Narda
• Octave
• Priscilla
• Raymond
• Sonia
• Tico
• Velma
• Wallis
• Xina
• York
• Zelda

There is also an alternate list for the Eastern North Pacific Basin:

• Aidan
• Bruna
• Carmelo
• Daniella
• Esteban
• Flor
• Gerardo
• Hedda
• Izzy
• Jacinta
• Kenito
• Luna
• Marina
• Nancy
• Ovidio
• Pia
• Rey
• Skylar
• Teo
• Violeta
• Wilfredo
• Xinia
• Yariel
• Zoe

The hurricane season for the Eastern Pacific runs from May 15 to Nov. 30, according to the NHC.

The names for the Central North Pacific are a bit different. There are four lists, but they are not used by year. Instead, the names on the lists are used one after another. When meteorologists get to the end of one list they start at the beginning of the next.

The Central Pacific hurricane season is the same as the Atlantic, June 1 through Nov. 30.

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