Anita is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1977 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Anita. It is the only storm named Anita in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Anita is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1977 storm. It is one of 100 names retired there since 1954 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the Atlantic lists.
Anita formed in the Southern Hemisphere in November 2006 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Anita (2006): track and historyThe most recent was Tropical Storm Anita in 2006, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on November 26, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Anita in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.