Is Your Name On The Hurricane List This Year? Utahns, Take a Look

Hurricanes and Utah

Utah may not have hurricanes brewing over the Great Salt Lake, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love a good weather-related thrill. Whether it's the sudden snowstorms in May or wind that will keep your kite up till next season, Utah knows a thing or two about wild weather. But here’s something you might not have checked—"is your name on the official hurricane list this year?"

Hurricanes Get Names

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Speaking of names and weather events. Why don't we give names to localized Utah weather events. We don't name our droughts, snowstorms or even dust devils. What gives? Are our storms not as important as the named ones? It just seems a little unfair that we can't refer to our natural phenomenon by name.

How Hurricane Names Are Chosen

Hurricane names are picked in alphabetical order, rotating between traditionally male and female names. The list skips the letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z (so sorry to all the Utah Quades, Xanders, and Utahna’s out there). And every six years, the names reset—unless a storm is so destructive that its name gets retired.

List of Hurricane names for 2025

So, let’s see if your name made the cut. Here are the hurricane names for the 2025 Atlantic season:

Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dexter, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van, Wendy.

If you spot your name, congratulations! You’re hurricane-certified. But don’t worry, Utah—our wild winds and surprise storms will still keep us on our toes, hurricanes or not.