Stan is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 2005 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Stan. Its place on the list now belongs to Sean, on the 2029 list. Since 2005, two storms have been named Stan; the strongest, in 2005, peaked as a Category 1 hurricane.
Yes. Stan is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 2005 storm. It is one of 100 names retired there since 1954 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the Atlantic lists. Its place on the list, the S slot, now belongs to Sean, on the 2029 Atlantic list, which is next used in 2029.
Stan formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2016 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 974 mb. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Cyclone Stan (2016): track and historyStan formed in the Atlantic in October 2005 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mb. It made 2 landfalls, first near Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico and last near Catemaco, Mexico. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Hurricane Stan (2005): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan 2016 | 20.0°S 119.8°E | 2016-01-30 18:00 | 65 mph / 100 km/h |
| Stan 2005 | Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico | 2005-10-02 10:00 | 40 mph / 65 km/h |
| Stan 2005 | Catemaco, Mexico | 2005-10-04 12:00 | 80 mph / 130 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 2005, Stan was the 18th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Stan 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 Cyclone Stan in 2016, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on January 27, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 2005.
Hurricane Stan in 2005 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 977 mb. It formed in the Atlantic in October and made landfall near Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico. The weakest of the two, in 2016, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h).