Victor is the 20th 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 V. Since 1986, four storms have been named Victor; the strongest, in 1986, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone.
No. Victor 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).
Victor 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. Victor is name 20 of 21, and 3 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Victor formed in the Atlantic in September 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Victor (2021): track and historyVictor formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2016 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 956 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Cyclone Victor (2016): track and historyVictor formed in the West Pacific in July 1997 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It made landfall near Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Typhoon Victor (1997): track and historyVictor formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 1986 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Cyclone Victor (1986): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor 1997 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 1997-08-02 12:00 | 75 mph / 120 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, Victor was the 20th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Victor 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 Victor in 2021, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 29, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 20th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 1997 and 1986.
Cyclone Victor in 1986 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March. The weakest of the four, in 2021, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).