This list of historical European windstorm names includes notable extratropical cyclones that have impacted Europe and were assigned names by national meteorological services or academic institutions, in association with EUMETNET standards.
Background and history
European windstorm names are used by national meteorological services in Europe to identify high-impact extratropical cyclones. Unlike the naming of tropical cyclones, which is managed globally by the World Meteorological Organization, European windstorm naming is coordinated through several regional groups under the EUMETNET framework.
The practice of naming these storms began formally in the 1950s by the Free University of Berlin. It was not until 2015 that national weather services starting with the Met Office and Met Éireann initiated official public naming schemes to improve disaster communication.
Selection criteria, naming systems and eligibility
A storm's name only makes it on this list if:
It was officially named by a national weather service of one of the EUMETNET observer groups.
What is not accepted:
A storm name issued by Free University Berlin, as they name all high and low pressure areas over the continent, most of which are not eligible for storm naming criteria.
Naming groups Since 2015, the naming of high-impact windstorms has been coordinated by several regional groups within the EUMETNET framework. Each group maintains its own alphabetical list of names for each season.
Group Name Participating Countries/Services Established Western Group Met Office Met Éireann KNMI 2015 South-western Group Météo-France AEMET IPMA RMI MeteoLux 2017 Northern Group MET Norway SMHI DMI 2026 Central Mediterranean Group Servizio Meteorologico ARSO DHMZ IHMS Met Office Malta 2021 South-eastern Mediterranean Group HNMS DoM IMS 2021
Historical Western group names
The following names were used from the lists submitted by the Western group for European windstorm naming.
(United Kingdom, Ireland and Netherlands) 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 Abigail Angus Aileen Ali Atiyah Aiden Arwen Antoni Agnes Ashley Amy Barney Barbara Brian Bronagh Brendan Bella Barra Betty Babet Bert Bram Clodagh Conor Caroline Callum Ciara Christoph Corrie Ciarán Conall Chandra Desmond Doris Dylan Dierdre Dennis Darcy Dudley Debi Darragh Dave Eva Ewan Eleanor Erik Ellen Evert Eunice Elin Éowyn Frank Fionn Freya Francis Franklin Fergus Floris Gertrude Georgina Gareth Gerrit Henry Hector Hannah Henk Imogen Isha Jake Jocelyn Katie Kathleen Lilian
Historical South-western group names
The following names were used from the lists submitted by the South-western group for European windstorm naming.
(France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg) 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 Ana Adrian Amélie Alex Aurore Armand Aline Aitor Alice Bruno Beatriz Bernardo Barbara Blas Béatrice Bernard Berenice Benjamin Carmen Carlos Cecilia Clement Celia Cláudio Celine Caetano Claudia David Diana Daniel Dora Diego Denise Domingos Dorothea Davide Emma Etienne Elsa Ernest Evelyn Efraín Elisa Enol Emilia Felix Flora Fabien Filomena Fien Frederico Floriane Francis Gisele Gabriel Gloria Gaetan Gérard Geraldine Garoe Goretti Hugo Helena Hervé Hortense Hannelore Hipolito Herminia Harry Irene Isaias Inès Ignacio Isaack Irene Ivo Ingrid Julia Jorge Justine Juliette Juan Jana Joseph Kyllian Karine Karim Kamiel Karlotta Konrad Kristin Laura Leon Lola Larisa Louis Laurence Leonardo Miguel Myriam Mathis Monica Martinho Marta Norberto Noa Nelson Nuria Nils Odette Oscar Olivia Olivier Oriana Patrícia Pierrick Pedro Renata Regina Samuel Therese
Historical Central Mediterranean group names
The following names were used from the lists submitted by the Central Mediterranean group for European windstorm naming.
(Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Malta)
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 Apollo Ana Alexis Atena Alessio Bianca Bogdan Bettina Boris Barbara Ciril Clio Ciro Cassandra Cassio Diana Dino Dorothea Dionisio Deborah Eva Emil Elena Erminio Fobos Fedra Felix Gaia Gori Gabri Helios Hans Ilina Ines Leon Lukas Minerva Nino Olga Petar Rea
Historical Eastern Mediterranean group names
The following names were used from the lists submitted by the Eastern Mediterranean group for European windstorm naming.
(Greece, Israel and Cyprus)
2021-22https://x.com/EMY_HNMS/status/1443140550790721541 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 Athina Ariel Avgi Alexandros Adel Ballos Barbara Bora Byron Carmel Cleon* Coral Diomedes Daniel Elpis Elias Filippos Genesis Asterisked (*) entities that were named that were not windstorms, as the SE Med group also names non-wind events like heat waves (e.g., Cleon).
Historical Northern group names
The following names were used from the lists submitted by the Northern group for European windstorm naming. Since 2026 the Northern group have been using a unified lists of names, starting with Anna.
(Norway, Denmark and Sweden)
2020-2025 2026–2030 Didrik (2020) Anna (2026) Frank (2020) Gyda (2021) Malik (2022) Otto (2023) Hans (2023) Pia (2023) Ingunn (2024) Rolf (2024) Jakob (2024) Johannes (2025)
See also Weather of: 2026 Tropical cyclones in: 2026
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