Met Office releases 2026, 27 storm name list

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The Met Office has released the UK, Ireland and Netherlands list of storm names for the 2026, 2027 season, which begins on 1 September. The alphabetical list opens with Austen, Boelo and Chloe, followed by Dano and Evelyn, and continues through 21 names compiled jointly with Met Éireann and KNMI. The names were drawn from public nominations gathered in 2025, more than 40,000 submissions in total, and include personal dedications such as Austen nominated for Austen Nagle, the first director of the Irish Meteorological Service. Chloe was selected after being nominated more than 130 times, including by a mother who said her five-year-old is “fascinated by the weather,” and Ivy was nominated in honour of a nine-month-old Labrador described as “the absolute destructor.” Storms are named by the Met Office, Met Éireann or KNMI when forecasts indicate medium or high impacts likely to trigger amber or red warnings, with naming intended to provide clear, consistent public messaging. Any remnant of an Atlantic tropical cyclone retains its original name, for example ex-Hurricane Erin, which became Storm Erin in August 2025.

Wonko the Sane

@kernowmad.bsky.social

I think we should start naming them after climate change denying politicians.

42645d ago

Process Driven12

The only names that should be used to name cyclones, typhoons, & hurricanes are those of fossil fuel companies.

dingoesatemybaby.bsky.social4

I know that road in the picture, had a cross flow across it for days before that car appeared. Took dogs for a walk and have some surreal pics of them near the car paddling about

Sharon4

Or storm BP, Exxon, Data-Ctr, Meta maybe 🤔

hansdulsberg.bsky.social3

Next storm names should be: Merz Reiche Söder German politicans.

Solilequn2

I think we should write all those politicians and CEO onto steli so any future civilisation will know who killed the earth and why.

Another Disappointing Day in The Obituaries2

Storm Nigel has a ring to it.

Matt Owen

@mjowen174.bsky.social

Hugh Cornwell Alias Smith & Jones Peter Alliss Peppermint Patty Irene Handl Kerry Packer www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

1944d ago

Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈

@unclebeard1978.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti... If storm names were named after Dr Who things Auton Billy fluff Chloris Doctor in Distress Erato Fish fingers and custard Graham Norton Hiatus Irate fan JNT must go Kamelion Myrka No touch pod Perigosto stick Rassilon Spandrell Tom Vivien Xoanon Yartek Zodin

1645d ago

Historical Television Website1

Now you've upset the Wirrn.

Martyn Notman

@nfgmart.bsky.social

Im sure the Dutch weather service is going to love pronouncing "Gwendolyn" BBC News - New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

945d ago

davidfreemanpowell3

Revenge for English pronunciation of Van Gogh

Mal2

I’ll never be a storm.

RTÉ News

@news.rte.ie

The list of storm names for the next 12 months has been revealed with 21 names compiled by Met Éireann, the UK'S Met Office and the Dutch forecasting service KNMI

745d ago

MeteoGib

@meteogib.bsky.social

#Iberia - latest Storm names have also been named for Iberia for the 2026-2027 season - which this year again includes the naming of DANAs (cut-off Upper Lows). 👇 ...have you made the list this year? 😂 #Borrascas

545d ago

YouGov

@yougov.co.uk

Austen, Boelo and Chloe are top of the Met Office's list of storm names for the 2026-27 storm season, but would you be happy if your name was featured on the list? Happy: 38% Neither happy nor unhappy: 50% Unhappy: 5% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

644d ago

Andrew Long1

Good to see @yougov.co.uk are on top of the important issues 🤣

Marco Petagna

@petagna.bsky.social

Storm names officially released by the Met Office, in collaboration with its naming partners MetEireann and KNMI for the 2026/27 season, which runs 01.09.26-31.08.27.. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

545d ago

Aaron Michael Read 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️

@aaronlancs.bsky.social

Given that the joint UK, Ireland and Netherlands Met Offices have released their Storm Names list for this period. Does this mean we can play High Energy at an even fuller blast when Evelyn makes land?

The Complete List of Storm Names for 2026/27:

Austen

Boelo

Chloe

Dano

Evelyn (this is highlighted in green by me)

Finn

Gwendolyn

Heather

Ivy

Jade

Kilian

Laoise

Miriam

Nicola

Olaf

Phelim

Ruban

Shaun

Theo

Vesna

Wende

545d ago

Mike Jay

@mikejay.link

Met Office have released the 2026/27 storm names for the storm season. As this year's storm season progresses, a new scene will appear on my weather outlook video that will create a storm season timeline of each storm and the weather warning issued and regions affected.

444d ago

Netweather

@netweather.tv

Why were these new storm names chosen, for the 2026/2027 season - Austen, Boelo, Chloe, Dano, Evelyn, Finn, Gwendolyn, Heather, Ivy, Jade, Kilian, Laoise, Miriam, Nicola, Olaf, Phelim, Ruban, Shaun, Theo, Vesna and Wende

445d ago

Mark Wallace

@wallaceme.bsky.social

BBC - "New storm names for 2026-27 released by Met Office". Spoiler. The names are: That Storm Next Week. This Storm. Isn’t it Blowy? That Storm We Had. and March.

244d ago