Nigel is the 14th name on the 2029 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2029. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter N. Since 1985, two storms have been named Nigel; the strongest, in 1985, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone.
No. Nigel is on the 2029 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).
Nigel is next scheduled for 2029, when the 2029 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. Nigel is name 14 of 21, and 22 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Nigel formed in the Atlantic in September 2023 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Nigel (2023): track and historyNigel formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 1985 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Cyclone Nigel (1985): 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 2023, Nigel was the 14th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Nigel 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 Nigel in 2023, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 15, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 14th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 1985.
Cyclone Nigel in 1985 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January. The weakest of the two, in 2023, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h).