Leslie is the 12th 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 L. Since 2000, four storms have been named Leslie; the strongest, in 2024, peaked as a Category 2 hurricane.
No. Leslie 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).
Leslie 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. Leslie is name 12 of 21, and 28 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Leslie formed in the Atlantic in October 2024 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 11 days.
Hurricane Leslie (2024): track and historyLeslie formed in the Atlantic in September 2018 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 22 days.
Hurricane Leslie (2018): track and historyLeslie formed in the Atlantic in August 2012 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Hurricane Leslie (2012): track and historyLeslie formed in the Atlantic in October 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 973 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Leslie (2000): 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 each of 2024, 2018, 2012 and 2000, Leslie was the 12th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Hurricane Leslie in 2024, in the Atlantic. It formed on October 1, peaked at 105 mph (165 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 12th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012 and 2000.
Hurricane Leslie in 2024 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in October. The weakest of the four, in 2000, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).