Rene is the 17th name on the 2026 list of Atlantic hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Fay; Rene is used this year only if 11 more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. Since 2010, two storms have been named Rene; the strongest, in 2010, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone.
No. Rene is on the 2026 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).
Rene can still be used in 2026: the season has handed out 6 names so far, and Rene is name 17. If the season ends first, Rene next comes up in 2032, when the 2026 list returns.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Rene is name 17 of 21, and 11 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Rene formed in the Atlantic in September 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Rene (2020): track and historyRene formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2010 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Cyclone Rene (2010): 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 2020, Rene was the 17th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Rene 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 Rene in 2020, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 6, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 17th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2010.
Cyclone Rene in 2010 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February. The weakest of the two, in 2020, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).