Frederic is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1979 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Frederic. Its place on the list now belongs to Fred, on the 2027 list. It is the only storm named Frederic in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Frederic is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1979 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. Its place on the list, the F slot, now belongs to Fred, on the 2027 Atlantic list, which is next used in 2027.
Frederic formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 1988 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Cyclone Frederic (1988): track and historyThe most recent was Cyclone Frederic in 1988, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on January 28, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Frederic in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.