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UK storm season 2019/20

The 2019/20 storm season saw six storms named over the year with Storm Ellen being named by Met Éireann in August 2020.

The first named storm was Storm Atiyah on 6 December 2019 bringing gusts of up to 80 mph across western Ireland, Wales and southwest England.

 

A-Z of named UK storm names 2019/20

Name Date named Date of impact on UK and/or Ireland
Atiyah 06 December 2019 08 - 09 December 2019
Brendan 11 January 2020 13 - 14 January 2020
Ciara 05 February 2020 08 - 09 February 2020
Dennis 11 February 2020 15 - 16 February 2020
Jorge

7 February 2020 (Named by AEMet)

28 February - 01 March 2020

Ellen 18 August 2020 19 - 20 August 2020
Francis 24 August 2020 25 August 2020

Unused storm names 2019/20

Gerda, Hugh, Iris, Jan, Kitty, Liam, Maura, Noah, Olivia, Piet, Roisin, Samir, Tara, Vince and Willow.

 

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