Larry is the 12th 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 L. Since 2003, three storms have been named Larry; the strongest, in 2006, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Larry 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).
Larry 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. Larry is name 12 of 21, and 28 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Larry formed in the Atlantic in August 2021 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 953 mb. It made landfall near Marystown, Canada. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Larry (2021): track and historyLarry formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 2006 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb. It made landfall near Cairns, Australia. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Cyclone Larry (2006): track and historyLarry formed in the Atlantic in September 2003 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb. It made landfall near Tecolutilla, Mexico. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Larry (2003): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry 2021 | Marystown, Canada | 2021-09-11 03:30 | 80 mph / 130 km/h |
| Larry 2006 | Cairns, Australia | 2006-03-19 21:00 | 125 mph / 200 km/h |
| Larry 2003 | Tecolutilla, Mexico | 2003-10-05 10:00 | 60 mph / 95 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 both 2021 and 2003, Larry was the 12th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Larry 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 Larry in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on August 31, peaked at 125 mph (205 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It made landfall near Marystown, Canada. It was the 12th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2006 and 2003.
Cyclone Larry in 2006 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March and made landfall near Cairns, Australia. The weakest of the three, in 2003, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).