Joyce is the 10th name on the 2030 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2030. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter J. Since 2000, five storms have been named Joyce; the strongest, in 2000, peaked as a Category 1 hurricane.
No. Joyce is on the 2030 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).
Joyce is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 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. Joyce is name 10 of 21, and 34 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Joyce formed in the Atlantic in September 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Joyce (2024): track and historyJoyce formed in the Atlantic in September 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Joyce (2018): track and historyJoyce formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Joyce (2018): track and historyJoyce formed in the Atlantic in August 2012 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1006 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Joyce (2012): track and historyJoyce formed in the Atlantic in September 2000 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Joyce (2000): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce 2018 | 19.9°S 120.2°E | 2018-01-12 09:00 | 50 mph / 85 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 2024, 2018, 2012 and 2000, Joyce was the 10th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Joyce appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Joyce in 2024, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 27, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 10th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012 and 2000.
Hurricane Joyce in 2000 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in September. The weakest of the five, in 2012, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).