Don is the 4th name on the 2029 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2029. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter D. Since 2011, three storms have been named Don; the strongest, in 2023, peaked as a Category 1 hurricane.
No. Don is on the 2029 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).
Don is next scheduled for 2029, when the 2029 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. Don is name 4 of 21, and every Atlantic season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Don formed in the Atlantic in July 2023 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Hurricane Don (2023): track and historyDon formed in the Atlantic in July 2017 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Don (2017): track and historyDon formed in the Atlantic in July 2011 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It made landfall near Kingsville, United States. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Don (2011): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don 2011 | Kingsville, United States | 2011-07-30 02:30 | 35 mph / 55 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 2023, 2017 and 2011, Don was the 4th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Hurricane Don in 2023, in the Atlantic. It formed on July 11, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h) and lasted 14 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 4th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2017 and 2011.
Hurricane Don in 2023 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in July. The weakest of the three, in 2017, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).