Dexter is the 4th name on the 2031 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2031. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter D. It is the only storm named Dexter in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Dexter is on the 2031 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).
Dexter is next scheduled for 2031, when the 2031 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. Dexter is name 4 of 21, and every Atlantic season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Dexter formed in the Atlantic in August 2025 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 988 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Tropical Storm Dexter (2025): track and historyNames 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 2025, Dexter was the 4th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Dexter in 2025, in the Atlantic. It formed on August 2, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 4th name used in that Atlantic season. It is the only storm named Dexter in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.