Julian is the 10th name on the 2027 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2027. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter J. It is the only storm named Julian in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Julian is on the 2027 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).
Julian is next scheduled for 2027, when the 2027 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. Julian is name 10 of 21, and 34 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Julian formed in the Atlantic in August 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Julian (2021): track and historyNames 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 2021, Julian was the 10th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Julian in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on August 28, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 10th name used in that Atlantic season. It is the only storm named Julian in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.