Vicky is the 20th name on the 2026 list of Atlantic hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Fay; Vicky is used this year only if 14 more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. Since 2001, three storms have been named Vicky; the strongest, in 2020, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Vicky 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).
Vicky can still be used in 2026: the season has handed out 6 names so far, and Vicky is name 20. If the season ends first, Vicky next comes up in 2032, when the 2026 list returns.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Vicky is name 20 of 21, and 3 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Vicky formed in the Atlantic in September 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Vicky (2020): track and historyVicky formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It made landfall near Asau, Samoa. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Vicky (2020): track and historyVicky formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 2001. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Depression Vicky (2001): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicky 2020 | Asau, Samoa | 2020-02-20 09:00 | 35 mph / 55 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 2020, Vicky was the 20th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Vicky 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 Vicky in 2020, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 14, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 6 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 20th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2020 and 2001.
Tropical Storm Vicky in 2020 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February and made landfall near Asau, Samoa. The weakest of the three, in 2001, peaked below tropical-storm strength.