Donna is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1960 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Donna. It is the only storm named Donna in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Donna is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1960 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.
Donna formed in the Southern Hemisphere in May 2017 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 929 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Cyclone Donna (2017): track and historyThe most recent was Cyclone Donna in 2017, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on May 1, peaked at 145 mph (230 km/h) and lasted 14 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Donna in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.