Teresa is the 19th 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 T. Since 1994, two storms have been named Teresa; the strongest, in 1994, peaked as a Category 1 typhoon.
No. Teresa 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).
Teresa 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. Teresa is name 19 of 21, and 7 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Teresa 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 1008 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Teresa (2021): track and historyTeresa formed in the West Pacific in October 1994 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It made landfall near Real, Philippines. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Typhoon Teresa (1994): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa 1994 | Real, Philippines | 1994-10-21 03:00 | 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 2021, Teresa was the 19th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Teresa 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 Teresa in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 24, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 2 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 19th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 1994.
Typhoon Teresa in 1994 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in October and made landfall near Real, Philippines. The weakest of the two, in 2021, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).