Diane is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1955 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Diane. It is the only storm named Diane in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Diane is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1955 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.
Diane formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Diane (2020): track and historyThe most recent was Tropical Storm Diane in 2020, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on January 22, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Diane in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.