Cleo is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1964 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Cleo. It is the only storm named Cleo in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Cleo is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1964 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.
Cleo formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 2009 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Cyclone Cleo (2009): track and historyThe most recent was Cyclone Cleo in 2009, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on December 3, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 14 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Cleo in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.