Carol is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1954 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Carol. It is the only storm named Carol in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Carol is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1954 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.
Carol formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 1980 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Cyclone Carol (1980): track and historyThe most recent was Cyclone Carol in 1980, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on December 13, peaked at 145 mph (230 km/h) and lasted 12 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Carol in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.