Kirk is the 11th 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 K. Since 1996, four storms have been named Kirk; the strongest, in 2024, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Kirk 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).
Kirk 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. Kirk is name 11 of 21, and 34 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Kirk formed in the Atlantic in September 2024 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 928 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Kirk (2024): track and historyKirk formed in the Atlantic in September 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb. It made landfall near Laborie, Saint Lucia. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Kirk (2018): track and historyKirk formed in the Atlantic in August 2012 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Kirk (2012): track and historyKirk formed in the West Pacific in July 1996 and peaked as a Category 2 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It made 3 landfalls, first near Kikuchi, Japan and last near Murakami, Japan. The system was tracked for 22 days.
Typhoon Kirk (1996): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk 2018 | Laborie, Saint Lucia | 2018-09-28 00:30 | 50 mph / 85 km/h |
| Kirk 1996 | Kikuchi, Japan | 1996-08-14 03:00 | 105 mph / 165 km/h |
| Kirk 1996 | Aki-takata, Japan | 1996-08-14 09:00 | 90 mph / 145 km/h |
| Kirk 1996 | Murakami, Japan | 1996-08-15 00:00 | 65 mph / 100 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 and 2012, Kirk was the 11th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Kirk 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 Hurricane Kirk in 2024, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 29, peaked at 150 mph (240 km/h) and lasted 10 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 11th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012 and 1996.
Hurricane Kirk in 2024 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 928 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in September. The weakest of the four, in 2018, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).