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Named Storms, Winter Storms & Legendary Tempests

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Generate storm names in every real and fictional style: official-sounding named storms like Storm Tamsin and Winter Storm Athena, historic gales and blizzards, local wind names, and epic tempests for fantasy novels, games and D&D campaigns.

About storm names

Real storms are named three different ways, and each produces a different sound. Meteorological services in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands run an alphabetical list of ordinary given names each season, so Storm Arwen, Storm Babet and Storm Ciarán follow one another and skip Q, U, X, Y and Z. The Weather Channel names US winter storms from a list heavy on classical and mythic names such as Athena, Brutus and Draco. Before formal lists existed, storms were remembered by the date or the damage: the Candlemas Storm, the Great Gale of 1871, the Children's Blizzard.

That last convention is the one to copy for fiction. A storm that matters to a plot needs a name people would actually use in dialogue: a saint's day or holiday, a place it wrecked, a nickname like the Widowmaker or the Big Blow, or a title in the world's own religion such as the Stormfather's Wrath. Local wind names (the Mistral, the Bora, the Haboob, the Blue Norther) are another rich vein; pair one with a verb of violence and it instantly sounds like something sailors fear.

This list mixes all of those registers with storm types as prefixes (Typhoon, Derecho, Bomb Cyclone, Supercell), so you can match the scale of the weather to the scale of the story.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Match the prefix to the basin: hurricanes form in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, typhoons in the western Pacific, cyclones in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Getting this right makes a fictional storm feel researched.
  • For historical fiction, name the storm after a feast day or a place (the Michaelmas Gale, the Drowning of Saltmarsh) rather than a person; official given-name lists only began in the 1950s.
  • If your world has its own gods or calendar, build the storm's name from them (the Stormfather's Wrath, the Eve of May Storm) so it reinforces the setting instead of importing ours.
  • Avoid names retired after deadly real storms such as Katrina, Haiyan or Sandy; they carry real grief and will pull readers out of the story.
  • Give a recurring fictional storm a short nickname people would shout (Old Howler, Cold Betty) and a longer formal name for newspapers and records within the story.

Frequently asked questions

How do storms get their official names?

Tropical cyclones use rotating lists maintained by the World Meteorological Organization. European windstorms are named from annual alphabetical lists set by the UK Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI, and the Weather Channel assigns names to significant US winter storms. Names of especially destructive storms are retired.

What makes a good fantasy storm name?

Ground it in the world: a god's name, a feast day, a ruined place, or a sailor's nickname. Names like the Eye of the Drowned God or the Hollowbrook Flood tell the reader what the storm did and who fears it, which a random invented word cannot.

Can I use these as winter storm or blizzard names?

Yes. The Winter Storm and Blizzard entries follow the classical and Nordic feel of real winter storm lists, while the historic-style names (the Long Night Blizzard, the Nine Nights' Snow) suit stories set before formal naming existed.

Are these names safe to use in a novel or game?

Individual given names and invented titles are free to use. The list deliberately avoids retired names of catastrophic real storms, but if you pick a given name, a quick search will tell you whether a notorious real storm already carried it.

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  • Cyclone Mahina
  • Cyclone Tavita
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  • Cyclone Bronwyn
  • Cyclone Kalani
  • Cyclone Ruaridh
  • Cyclone Savitri
  • Cyclone Ngaio
  • Cyclone Haroun
  • Cyclone Lusi
  • Cyclone Marama
  • Cyclone Penina
  • Cyclone Tomasi
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  • Cyclone Wiremu
  • Typhoon Kestrel
  • Typhoon Haruna
  • Typhoon Mirabel
  • Typhoon Sinlaku
  • Typhoon Rolly
  • Typhoon Lupit
  • Typhoon Bising
  • Typhoon Karding
  • Typhoon Dodong
  • Typhoon Ineng
  • Typhoon Quiel
  • Typhoon Nando
  • Typhoon Pepito
  • Tropical Storm Arlo
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  • Tropical Storm Farrah
  • Tropical Storm Gideon
  • Tropical Storm Hattie
  • Tropical Storm Ignacio
  • Tropical Storm Juno
  • Tropical Storm Tobiah
  • Tropical Storm Ximena
  • The Great Gale of Harrowmere
  • The Candlemas Storm
  • The Long Night Blizzard
  • The Black Friday Squall
  • The Lammas Flood
  • The Michaelmas Gale
  • The Hallowtide Tempest
  • The Solstice Whiteout
  • The Good Friday Derecho
  • The Midsummer Hailstorm
  • The Harvest Moon Hurricane
  • The Twelfth Night Blow
  • The Whitsun Washout
  • The All Saints' Storm
  • The Martinmas Blast
  • The Boxing Day Cyclone
  • The Ash Wednesday Gale
  • The Equinox Nor'easter
  • The Eve of May Storm
  • The Epiphany Ice Storm
  • The Great Storm of Ashcombe
  • The Ravensfell Blizzard
  • The Drowning of Saltmarsh
  • The Hollowbrook Flood
  • The Thornbury Gale
  • The Wreck of the Northern Banks
  • The Kestrel Bay Cyclone
  • The Greywater Deluge
  • The Breaking of Caldmoor Bridge
  • The Ironcliff Whiteout
  • The Night the Lighthouse Fell
  • The Fenwick Hail
  • The Marrow Hill Tornado
  • The Oxbow Valley Flood
  • The Silvermere Squall
  • The Burning Sky Storm
  • The Year Without a Summer
  • The Hundred-Hour Gale
  • The Week of Sideways Rain
  • The Three-Day Blow
  • The Nine Nights' Snow
  • The Long Thaw Flood
  • The Sudden Dark
  • The Wall Cloud of Juniper County
  • The Twin Funnels
  • The Wednesday Whiteout
  • The Frostbite Friday Storm
  • The Barn-Killer Derecho
  • The Fence-Flattener
  • The Roof-Ripper of Ridgely
  • The Big Blow of '89
  • The Big Wet
  • The White Hurricane
  • The Black Blizzard
  • The Red Dust Gale
  • The Green Sky Storm
  • The Glass Storm
  • The Iron Rain
  • The Salt Gale
  • The Sandblaster
  • The Widowmaker
  • The Shipbreaker
  • The Mastsnapper
  • The Harbor Eater
  • The Reef Scourer
  • The Dune Walker
  • The Steeple Breaker
  • The Chimney Taker
  • The Orchard Stripper
  • The Vineyard Hail
  • The Crop Hammer
  • The Ice Shroud
  • The Glazing
  • The Rimefall
  • The Great Hoar
  • The Hushfall
  • The Crystal Gale
  • The Snowlock
  • The Drift Wall
  • The Whiteout of the Pass
  • The Thunderhead Summer
  • The Dry Lightning Season
  • The Ember Wind
  • The Kiln Wind
  • The Furnace Gale
  • The Scorching Sirocco
  • The Bone-Dry Blow
  • The Smoke Squall
  • The Ashfall Storm
  • The Cinder Cyclone
  • Tempest Veyra
  • Tempest Mordain
  • Tempest Ilsabeth
  • Tempest Kharun
  • Tempest Solenne
  • Tempest Orrath
  • Tempest Anwyn
  • Tempest Drevahl
  • Tempest Cassiel
  • Tempest Ulmara
  • Tempest Fenric
  • Tempest Ysolde
  • Tempest Baelor
  • Tempest Nerissa
  • Tempest Zohar
  • Maelstrom Ashkaar
  • Maelstrom Idrenne
  • Maelstrom Varuk
  • Maelstrom Thessaly
  • Maelstrom Oblane
  • Gale Corvane
  • Gale Seraphine
  • Gale Tamirah
  • Gale Brannoc
  • Gale Isolde
  • Squall Marrick
  • Squall Linnea
  • Squall Tovren
  • Squall Hesper
  • Squall Dunmore
  • The Howling Maw
  • The Wailing Veil
  • The Weeping Sky
  • The Screaming Wind
  • The Grinning Cloud
  • The Laughing Gale
  • The Whispering Rain
  • The Singing Hail
  • The Roaring Dark
  • The Hungry Fog
  • The Devouring Mist
  • The Sleepless Storm
  • The Thousand-Eyed Tempest
  • The Stormfather's Wrath
  • The Skyrending
  • The Cloudbreak
  • The Heaven's Fall
  • The Skyfall at Ithra
  • The Rain of Ashvale
  • The Fall of the Seven Suns
  • The Tempest of Kharum
  • The Black Monsoon
  • The Red Monsoon
  • The Silver Monsoon
  • The Ghost Monsoon
  • The Widow's Monsoon
  • The Bone Rain
  • The Glass Rain
  • The Blood Hail
  • The Salt Snow
  • The Ash Snow
  • The Grey Squall
  • The Pale Gale
  • The Violet Tempest
  • The Crimson Cyclone
  • The Amber Derecho
  • The Gilded Storm
  • The Ivory Whiteout
  • The Obsidian Squall
  • The Copper Hurricane
  • The Cobalt Tempest
  • Stormwall of Varenth
  • Stormcrown of the North
  • Stormtide of Aelmoor
  • The Eye of Ulvarra
  • The Eye of the Drowned God
  • The Eye of Winter
  • The Wrath of Orenthal
  • The Wrath of the Deep
  • The Fury of Mount Cael
  • The Fury of the Tidemother
  • The Breath of Gorthan
  • The Breath of the Frost King
  • The Sigh of the Sea Queen
  • The Scream of the Banshee Wind
  • The Hammer of Thunor
  • The Anvil of Heaven
  • The Forge Storm
  • The Lightning Crown
  • The Thunder Throne
  • The Lightning Harvest
  • The Thunderfall of Brennock
  • The Thunder at Kilgarrow
  • Stormsong of the Ninth Sea
  • Stormbringer's Night
  • The Tempest Unending
  • The Eternal Gale
  • The Everstorm of Rhaz
  • The Neverending Rain
  • The Hundred-Year Tempest
  • The Thousand-Year Storm
  • The Age of Hail
  • The Winter That Would Not End
  • The Summer of Black Skies
  • The Godwind
  • The Dragon's Breath Storm
  • The Leviathan's Wake
  • The Kraken Swell
  • The Serpent Tide
  • The Phoenix Wind
  • The Griffin Gale
  • The Wolfwind
  • The Raven Squall
  • The Owl Storm
  • The Shrike Wind
  • The Locust Wind
  • Supercell Oriax
  • Supercell Brannigan
  • Supercell Vesper
  • Supercell Kallisto
  • Supercell Dunmere
  • Derecho Vance
  • Derecho Calloway
  • Derecho Marguerite
  • Derecho Ostrander
  • Derecho Holloway
  • Nor'easter Abigail
  • Nor'easter Cormac
  • Nor'easter Delancey
  • Nor'easter Ephraim
  • Nor'easter Winslow
  • Bomb Cyclone Harlan
  • Bomb Cyclone Imelda
  • Bomb Cyclone Theron
  • Bomb Cyclone Lucasta
  • Bomb Cyclone Rowan
  • Ice Storm Caradoc
  • Ice Storm Elspeth
  • Ice Storm Gideon
  • Ice Storm Margarethe
  • Ice Storm Oswin
  • Dust Storm Kedar
  • Dust Storm Zahra
  • Dust Storm Tariq
  • Dust Storm Samira
  • Dust Storm Ayub
  • Hailstorm Brennus
  • Hailstorm Ottoline
  • Hailstorm Ludovic
  • Hailstorm Perpetua
  • Hailstorm Ambrose
  • Sandstorm Farouk
  • Sandstorm Nadira
  • Sandstorm Ishaq
  • Sandstorm Leila
  • Sandstorm Qasim
  • Blizzard Ragnar
  • Blizzard Solveig
  • Blizzard Eirik
  • Blizzard Thyra
  • Blizzard Halvard
  • Blizzard Ingunn
  • Blizzard Torstein
  • Blizzard Asdis
  • Blizzard Gunnhild
  • Blizzard Leif
  • Firestorm Pyrrha
  • Firestorm Kalden
  • Firestorm Seraph
  • Firestorm Brasidas
  • Firestorm Volka
  • Stormfront Acheron
  • Stormfront Bellamy
  • Stormfront Corwin
  • Stormfront Delacroix
  • Stormfront Esmond
  • Stormfront Fairweather
  • Blackcloud
  • Greymantle
  • Thunderhead
  • Skyfury
  • Galeheart
  • Windshear
  • Cloudrake
  • Nightsquall
  • Rainbreaker
  • Hailbringer
  • Snowreaver
  • Frostgale
  • Sleetfang
  • Rimeclaw
  • Icewrath
  • Stormwake
  • Stormshroud
  • Stormhowl
  • Squallborn
  • Tempestine
  • Torrentia
  • The Monsoon Queen
  • The Cyclone King
  • The Hurricane Duchess
  • The Typhoon Prince
  • The Blizzard Baron
  • The Gale Witch
  • The Squall Sisters
  • The Tempest Twins
  • The Lightning Lord
  • The Thunder Child
  • The Rain Maiden
  • The Snow Widow
  • The Sleet Prophet
  • Old Howler
  • Old Roarer
  • Old Grumble
  • Big Grey
  • Long Wet
  • Cold Betty
  • Mean Gus
  • Ugly Sal
  • Sideways Sam
  • Wild Wanda
  • Loud Lou
  • Bitter Bert
  • Sneaky Pete the Squall
  • Rusty the Derecho
  • The Northern Howler
  • The Plains Grinder
  • The Mountain Scour
  • The Delta Drencher
  • The Valley Gusher
  • The Bayou Blower
  • The Tundra Whip
  • The Steppe Wind
  • The Pampas Gale
  • The Lowland Flood
  • The Moorland Mist Storm
  • The Fen Fog Gale
  • The Sahel Squall
  • The Outback Duster
  • The Cape Doctor's Fury
  • The Mistral's Teeth
  • The Foehn Fire
  • The Chinook Thaw Storm
  • The Santa Ana Blaze Wind
  • The Harmattan Haze
  • The Sirocco Scorch
  • The Levanter Lash
  • The Williwaw
  • The Zonda Burn
  • The Haboob of Hazar
  • The Buran of the Steppe
  • The Purga Whiteout
  • The Elephanta Wind
  • The Shamal Sweep
  • The Khamsin Fifty
  • The Loo Scorcher
  • The Brickfielder
  • The Southerly Buster
  • The Barber Wind
  • The Blue Norther
  • The Bull's-Eye Squall
  • The Dry Norther
  • The Wet Chinook
  • The Ten-Inch Rain
  • The Forty-Inch Snow
  • The Hundred-Mile Wind
  • The Fist-Sized Hail
  • The Golf Ball Hail of Hale County
  • The Softball Hail
  • The Mile-Wide Wedge
  • The Rope Funnel of Redwater
  • The Stovepipe at Sutter's Mill
  • The Dryline Dance
  • The Hook Echo
  • The Debris Ball Storm
  • The Shelf Cloud of Caddo
  • The Roll Cloud at Burketown
  • The Morning Glory Storm
  • The Mammatus Sky
  • Storm Tadhg
  • Storm Brigid
  • Storm Ewan
  • Storm Ffion
  • Storm Padraig
  • The Flash Flood of Fennimore
  • The Long Dry Blow
  • The Hush Before Harrowgate
  • The Dust Bowl Gale

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