2024 Mediterranean Sea hurricane season (Doug)

The 2024 Mediterranean Sea hurricane season was the first on record the season was inactive a 2 storms reach above tropical storm status with one of them reaching major hurricane status. the only fairly notable storm was Dawn which reached category 4 intensity it had no offical bounds.

2024 Mediterranean Sea hurricane season (Doug)

First system formed	March 3
Last system dissipated	October 19
Strongest storm	Dawn – 946 mbar (hPa) (27.95 inHg), 130 mph (215 km/h)
Total depressions	8
Total storms	8
Hurricanes	2
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+)	1
Total fatalities	15,000
Total damage	$80 million (2024 USD)
Atlantic hurricane seasons	2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027

Timeline

Storms

Tropical Storm Anita

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	March 3 – March 5
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)  1005 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Bonnie

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	April 4 – April 10
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)  985 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Cirstina

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 18 – April 19
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)  1006 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Dawn

Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	May 5 – May 20
Peak intensity	215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min)  946 hPa (mbar)

Main Article:Hurricane Dawn

Tropical Storm Evelyn

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	May 21 – May 23
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  1003 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Fiona

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 6 – June 10
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min)  995 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Holly

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 30 – July 3
Peak intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min)  1001 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ida

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	October 17 – October 19
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min)  1006 hPa (mbar)

Names

The fallowing is a list of names to name all systems that formed during the 2024 Mediterranean Sea hurricane season any unused used names are marked in gray. the names used this year were used for the first time with the exception of Gloria which wasnt used due to an error in additon the name Katrina was seen on the list this was a error the name Kathleen was suppose to added but wasnt during the same error the name Linda was added it was readded on List 3 the

2024 List

• Anita
• Bonnie
• Cirstina
• Dawn
• Evelyn
• Fiona
• Gloria (unused)
• Holly
• Ida
• Joelle (unused)
• Katrina (unused)
• Linda (unused)
• Mariel (unused)
• Opal (unused)
• Penny (unused)
• Sandy (unused)
• Timona (unused)
• Vivian (unused)
• Wilma (unused)

Retirement

On NYE 2024 the WMO announced that the name Dawn would be retired due to the destruction and fatalities it caused in Africa the name Dakota was chosen to replace the name in 2028