Peter is the 16th 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 P. Since 1997, three storms have been named Peter; the strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 1 typhoon.
No. Peter 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).
Peter 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. Peter is name 16 of 21, and 13 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Peter formed in the Atlantic in September 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Peter (2021): track and historyPeter formed in the Atlantic in December 2003 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Peter (2003): track and historyPeter formed in the West Pacific in June 1997 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb. It made 2 landfalls, first near Hita, Japan and last near Kariya, Japan. The system was tracked for 19 days.
Typhoon Peter (1997): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter 1997 | Hita, Japan | 1997-06-28 03:00 | 60 mph / 100 km/h |
| Peter 1997 | Kariya, Japan | 1997-06-28 09:00 | 55 mph / 90 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, Peter was the 16th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Peter 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 Peter in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 19, peaked at 50 mph (85 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 2003 and 1997.
Typhoon Peter in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in June and made landfall near Hita, Japan. The weakest of the three, in 2021, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).