Odette is the 15th 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 O. Since 1985, four storms have been named Odette; the strongest, in 1985, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone.
No. Odette 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).
Odette 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. Odette is name 15 of 21, and 18 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Odette formed in the Atlantic in September 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Tropical Storm Odette (2021): track and historyOdette formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Odette (2021): track and historyOdette formed in the Atlantic in December 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 Enriquillo, Dominican Republic. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Odette (2003): track and historyOdette formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 1985 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Cyclone Odette (1985): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odette 2003 | Enriquillo, Dominican Republic | 2003-12-06 23:00 | 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, Odette was the 15th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Odette 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 Tropical Storm Odette in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 16, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 15th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2021, 2003 and 1985.
Cyclone Odette in 1985 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January. The weakest of the four, in 2021, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).