Storm names 2026-27: every European list

European weather services name storms in five groups, each with one shared list for the season. Below is each group's official 2026-27 list as its met service publishes it, which names have been used, and the name the next storm in that group will get. Lists checked against the official sources on 18 October 2026.

Western group: UK, Ireland and the Netherlands

Members: Met Office (UK), Met Éireann (Ireland), KNMI (Netherlands). Season: 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027.

A storm is named when it could cause medium or high impacts in the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands, typically when an amber or red warning is expected. Wind is the main consideration, but rain or snow can also lead to a name. Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used, in line with the US National Hurricane Center.

Next name: Austen. No name used yet.

The Met Office UK Storm Centre listed no storm named in 2026-27 when we checked.

1. Austen
2. Boelo
3. Chloe
4. Dano
5. Evelyn
6. Finn
7. Gwendolyn
8. Heather
9. Ivy
10. Jade
11. Kilian
12. Laoise
13. Miriam
14. Nicola
15. Olaf
16. Phelim
17. Ruban
18. Shaun
19. Theo
20. Vesna
21. Wende

Official list: Met Office announcement, 1 September 2026 · KNMI announcement (Dutch) · Each name's status, in full

South-western group: Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Andorra

Members: AEMET (Spain), IPMA (Portugal), Météo-France (France), RMI (Belgium), MeteoLux (Luxembourg), Servei Meteorològic Nacional (Andorra). Season: from 1 September 2026.

The first service in the group to forecast orange or red wind warnings for a storm with a large impact names it; a DANA (cut-off low) can be named for heavy rain or snow alone. The group covers the Atlantic and the western Mediterranean west of Corsica.

Next name: Bruna. Named so far: Adam on 16 October 2026 (announcement).

AEMET's season table showed one name used when we checked.

1. Adam (named 16 October 2026)
2. Bruna
3. Charles
4. Diane
5. Eric
6. Flora
7. Gabriel
8. Heloise
9. Igor
10. Julia
11. Kevin
12. Lola
13. Michel
14. Nathalie
15. Oscar
16. Paola
17. Rafael
18. Sandra
19. Thomas
20. Vera
21. Walter

Official list: AEMET, storm names 2026-2027 (Spanish) · AEMET, how storms are named (Spanish)

Central Mediterranean group: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Malta

Members: Aeronautica Militare (Italy), ARSO (Slovenia), DHMZ (Croatia), IHMS (Montenegro), UHMR (North Macedonia), Malta International Airport Met Office (Malta). The 2026-27 list graphic also carries the logo of the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Season: September 2026 to August 2027.

Names the most intense storms affecting the central Mediterranean. The list follows the Italian alphabet, so there are no names for H, J, K, Q, W, X or Y.

Next name: Agneta. No name used yet.

We found no storm named from this list when we checked; the Aeronautica Militare page is the place to confirm.

1. Agneta
2. Biagio
3. Cloe
4. Dante
5. Eugenia
6. Folco
7. Gabriella
8. Italo
9. Lucilla
10. Manlio
11. Noemi
12. Orazio
13. Priscilla
14. Rolando
15. Samira
16. Tarciso
17. Ursula
18. Virgilio
19. Zeudi

Official list: Aeronautica Militare, storm naming (Italian; the list is an image) · Aeronautica Militare announcement (Italian)

Eastern Mediterranean group: Greece, Cyprus and Israel

Members: EMY, Hellenic National Meteorological Service (Greece), Cyprus Department of Meteorology, Israel Meteorological Service. Season: October 2026 to September 2027.

Names weather systems expected to bring very severe conditions, in the cold and the warm season. The names are written in Latin letters and used in alphabetical order.

Next name: Argos. No name used yet.

We found no storm named from this list when we checked; EMY's announcements are the place to confirm.

1. Argos
2. Bar
3. Chabrias
4. Dorothea
5. Eitan
6. Filippa
7. Glafkos
8. Hadar
9. Ikaros
10. Jason
11. Kedem
12. Laskarina
13. Morfeas
14. Nadia
15. Odysseas
16. Persefoni
17. Roxani
18. Sisyfos
19. Tamar
20. Uranos
21. Vergina
22. Wasim
23. Xanthe
24. Ypnos

Official list: EMY announcement, 17 September 2026 (Greek)

Northern group: Norway, Sweden and Denmark

Members: MET Norway, SMHI (Sweden), DMI (Denmark). Season: one shared list from 1 January 2026, used until every name has been used (not a yearly list).

When one of the three services decides to name a storm, it takes the first unused name on the shared list. Finland is not in this group.

Next name: Björn, if no later name has been used. Named so far: Anna on 1 January 2026 (announcement).

SMHI's list marks only Anna; we could not confirm from SMHI, MET Norway or DMI whether a later name has been used since.

1. Anna (named 1 January 2026)
2. Björn
3. Cecilia
4. Daniel
5. Elena
6. Filip
7. Gunilla
8. Hugo
9. Ida
10. Johan
11. Karin
12. Lukas
13. Miriam
14. Noah
15. Olivia
16. Pelle
17. Ronja
18. Sture
19. Tonje
20. Urban
21. Vilma
22. Ymer

Official list: SMHI, who names storms (Swedish)

Medicanes: how Mediterranean hurricanes are named

A medicane (Mediterranean hurricane) is a small but very active low-pressure system over the Mediterranean, mostly its western and central parts, with features of a tropical storm: winds can reach hurricane force and a cloud-free eye often forms. Most form in autumn, when the sea is warmest.

There is no separate list of medicane names. A medicane is named like any other storm, from the list of the naming group whose area it threatens. Daniel, the September 2023 medicane that brought the floods in Derna, Libya, was named in this way under the EUMETNET storm-naming scheme. So a medicane near Italy would normally take the next Central Mediterranean name, and one near Greece the next Eastern Mediterranean name.

Sources: RMI Belgium, "Medicane" (Dutch) · ECMWF Newsletter, "Medicane Daniel: an extraordinary cyclone with devastating impacts".

Countries outside these groups

Not every European country belongs to a naming group. Storm names often seen in German-language media come from the Freie Universität Berlin's Wetterpate scheme, in which members of the public sponsor names for highs and lows; they are not names given by the groups above. Ex-hurricanes keep the name the US National Hurricane Center gave them.

Sources: Wetterpate scheme, Freie Universität Berlin (German) · Met Office UK Storm Centre.

Questions

What is the next storm name?

Each naming group has its own list, so the next name depends on where the storm hits. As of 18 October 2026, or a later storm marked on this page: Austen (UK, Ireland and the Netherlands); Bruna (Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Andorra); Agneta (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Malta); Argos (Greece, Cyprus and Israel); Björn, if no later name has been used (Norway, Sweden and Denmark).

Who names storms in Europe?

National weather services, in five groups that each keep one shared list: UK, Ireland and the Netherlands; Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Andorra; Italy and its central Mediterranean neighbours; Greece, Cyprus and Israel; and Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The first service in a group to name a storm takes the next name on its list.

Who names storms in the UK?

The Met Office, together with Met Éireann and KNMI. A storm is named when it could cause medium or high impacts in the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands, usually when an amber or red warning is expected.

Why do storms have names?

Naming storms through one authoritative system gives the public a consistent message about severe weather, so people notice the warnings and act on them. (Met Office.)

What is a medicane?

A medicane (Mediterranean hurricane) is a small but very active low-pressure system over the Mediterranean, mostly its western and central parts, with features of a tropical storm: winds can reach hurricane force and a cloud-free eye often forms. Most form in autumn, when the sea is warmest. There is no separate list of medicane names. A medicane is named like any other storm, from the list of the naming group whose area it threatens. Daniel, the September 2023 medicane that brought the floods in Derna, Libya, was named in this way under the EUMETNET storm-naming scheme.

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Storm names are chosen and published by the national weather services named above; this page copies their lists and links each one. If a name has been used since 18 October 2026 and is not marked here, the official page linked under that list is correct.