Luis is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1995 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Luis. Its place on the list now belongs to Lorenzo, on the 2031 list. It is the only storm named Luis in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Luis is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1995 storm. It is one of 100 names retired there since 1954 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the Atlantic lists. Its place on the list, the L slot, now belongs to Lorenzo, on the 2031 Atlantic list, which is next used in 2031.
Luis formed in the Atlantic in August 1995 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Hurricane Luis (1995): 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 1995, Luis was the 12th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Hurricane Luis in 1995, in the Atlantic. It formed on August 28, peaked at 150 mph (240 km/h) and lasted 15 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 12th name used in that Atlantic season. It is the only storm named Luis in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.