Tony is the 19th 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 T. It is the only storm named Tony in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Tony 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).
Tony 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. Tony is name 19 of 21, and 7 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Tony formed in the Atlantic in October 2012 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Tony (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 2012, Tony was the 19th name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Tony in 2012, in the Atlantic. It formed on October 21, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 19th name used in that Atlantic season. It is the only storm named Tony in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.