Carmen is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1974 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Carmen. Since 1980, three storms have been named Carmen; the strongest, in 1986, peaked as a Category 3 typhoon.
Yes. Carmen is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1974 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.
Carmen formed in the West Pacific in September 1986 and peaked as a Category 3 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Typhoon Carmen (1986): track and historyCarmen formed in the West Pacific in August 1983 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Carmen (1983): track and historyCarmen formed in the West Pacific in April 1980 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Carmen (1980): track and historyThe most recent was Typhoon Carmen in 1986, in the West Pacific. It formed on September 27, peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h) and lasted 14 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1983 and 1980.
Typhoon Carmen in 1986 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 typhoon with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in September. The weakest of the three, in 1983, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).