It’s not what you might be thinking.
Today is the 1st of September. It’s very much my New Year’s Day because as a teacher for thirty-five years, my calendar operated alongside the school year.
September 1st is also the day that the Storm Names for the year ahead are released by Met Éireann, the Irish Meterological Service, in collaboration with their English and Dutch colleagues.
I wonder what names will be included for 2026-27? Patrick was included last year, so if I were a gambling man I’d say no.
I wrote about storm names back to 2021. Any keen reader can GO DIRECTLY to my article.
Did you know?
- This is the 11th year of naming storms.
- Each storm alternates gender.
- This year, the first storm is male. For obvious reasons, it alternates each year.
- Storm year runs from today until end of August 2027.
- Each service submits seven names, chozen by the public.
- The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used.
- Get more details by googling Irish, UK or Dutch met services.
Other National Meteorological Service groups in the US and Europe also name storms. When any met service names a weather system, all others keep that name, including ex-hurricanes named by the US National Hurricane Center, such as Charley (25th August 1986) and Ophelia (16th October 2017), which had major impacts in Ireland when they crossed the Atlantic.
