Patty is the 16th 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 P. Since 2012, two storms have been named Patty; the strongest, in 2024, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Patty 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).
Patty 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. Patty is name 16 of 21, and 13 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Patty formed in the Atlantic in October 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Patty (2024): track and historyPatty formed in the Atlantic in October 2012 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Patty (2012): 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 both 2024 and 2012, Patty was the 16th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Patty in 2024, in the Atlantic. It formed on October 31, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 16th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2012.
Tropical Storm Patty in 2024 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in October. The weakest of the two, in 2012, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).