Vince is the 20th name on the 2029 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2029. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter V. Since 2005, three storms have been named Vince; the strongest, in 2025, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Vince is on the 2029 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).
Vince is next scheduled for 2029, when the 2029 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. Vince is name 20 of 21, and 3 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Vince formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2025 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 924 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Cyclone Vince (2025): track and historyVince formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2011 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Vince (2011): track and historyVince formed in the Atlantic in October 2005 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 988 mb. It made landfall near Cartaya, Spain. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Hurricane Vince (2005): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vince 2005 | Cartaya, Spain | 2005-10-11 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 2005, Vince was the 20th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Vince 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 Vince in 2025, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on January 31, peaked at 155 mph (250 km/h) and lasted 13 days. It did not make landfall. Vince is the 20th name on the 2029 list of Atlantic names. Before that, the name was used in 2011 and 2005.
Cyclone Vince in 2025 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 924 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January. The weakest of the three, in 2011, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).