Colin is the 3rd name on the 2028 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter C. Since 2010, four storms have been named Colin; the strongest, in 2014, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Colin is on the 2028 list of Atlantic names, and it is not among the 100 names NHC lists as retired from the Atlantic (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
Colin is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 list is used. The six lists rotate, so each one returns every six years.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Colin is name 3 of 21, and every Atlantic season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Colin formed in the Atlantic in July 2022 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1011 mb. It made landfall near Beaufort, United States. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Colin (2022): track and historyColin formed in the Atlantic in June 2016 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It made landfall near Perry, United States. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Colin (2016): track and historyColin formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2014 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 933 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Cyclone Colin (2014): track and historyColin formed in the Atlantic in August 2010 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Colin (2010): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin 2022 | Beaufort, United States | 2022-07-01 23:30 | 40 mph / 65 km/h |
| Colin 2016 | Perry, United States | 2016-06-07 02:00 | 50 mph / 85 km/h |
Names go in alphabetical order, one per storm, as each storm reaches tropical-storm strength (39 mph, 34 knots), so a storm’s place in its season decides its name.
In each of 2022, 2016 and 2010, Colin was the 3rd name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Colin appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Colin in 2022, in the Atlantic. It formed on July 1, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 1 day. It made landfall near Beaufort, United States. It was the 3rd name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 2014 and 2010.
Cyclone Colin in 2014 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 933 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January. The weakest of the four, in 2022, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).