The name Carlotta has been used for twelve
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one in the Australian region of the South Pacific.
In the Eastern Pacific:
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Hurricane Carlotta (1967) – Category 1 hurricane, did not make landfall.
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Hurricane Carlotta (1971) – Category 1 hurricane, no land was affected.
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Hurricane Carlotta (1975) – Category 3 hurricane, did not come near land.
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Hurricane Carlotta (1978) – Category 4 hurricane, did not affect land.
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Tropical Storm Carlotta (1982), moved parallel to Mexico but did not make landfall.
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Hurricane Carlotta (1988) – Category 1 hurricane, did not make landfall.
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Hurricane Carlotta (1994) – Category 2 hurricane, churned in the open ocean.
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Hurricane Carlotta (2000) – a Category 4 hurricane that killed 18 after sinking a freighter.
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Hurricane Carlotta (2006) – a Category 1 hurricane that remained at sea.
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Hurricane Carlotta (2012)
Hurricane Carlotta was the easternmost tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall at hurricane intensity since 1966. The third tropical cyclone and third named storm of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season, Carlotta developed slowly i ...
– Category 2 hurricane that made landfall near Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
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Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018), brushed the southwestern coast of Mexico without making landfall.
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Hurricane Carlotta (2024) – Category 1 hurricane that stayed at sea.
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Carlotta (1972) – remained well off the Queensland coast.
A variation of the name, Karlotta has also been used for one
European windstorm
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclone, cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak ...
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Storm Karlotta
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm) ...
(2024) – brought heavy rainfall warnings in several portions of Europe.
See also
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List of storms named Charlotte The name Charlotte has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide: four Typhoon, in the West Pacific Ocean, two in the Australian region tropical cyclone, Australian region, two in the South Pacific tropical cyclone, South Pacific, and one South ...
– a similar name that has been used in four
tropical cyclone basins
Traditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. These include the North Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the North Pacific Ocean, the Southwest Pacific, the Southwest and Southeast Indian Oceans, ...
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Pacific hurricane set index articles
Australian region cyclone set index articles