The name Dora has been used for fifteen
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 worldwide: two in the Atlantic Ocean, eight in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (two of which crossed over into the Western Pacific basin), one in the Western Pacific Ocean (besides the two that crossed over from the Eastern Pacific), two in the South-West Indian Ocean, and two in the Australian region.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Dora (1956)
The 1956 Atlantic hurricane season featured a decent number of tropical cyclones, although most tropical storms and hurricanes affected land. There were twelve tropical storms, a third of which became hurricanes. One of the hurricanes streng ...
– moved across the southern Bay of Campeche
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Hurricane Dora (1964)
Hurricane Dora was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the First Coast, Atlantic coast of North Florida at hurricane intensity. The sixth tropical storm and second hurricane of the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season, 1964 seaso ...
– Category 4 major hurricane, made landfall near St. Augustine, Florida, with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h)
The name ''Dora'' was retired after the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season, and was replaced with ''
Dolly''.
In the Eastern Pacific:
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Hurricane Dora (1981) – Category 1 hurricane that stayed at sea
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Tropical Storm Dora (1987) – moderate tropical storm that stayed clear of land
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Hurricane Dora (1993) – Category 4 hurricane that formed far from land
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Hurricane Dora (1999)
Hurricane Dora was one of few tropical cyclones to track across all three north Pacific basins and the first since Hurricane John (1994), Hurricane John in 1994. The fourth named storm, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1999 Pa ...
(T9911, 07E) – long-lived Category 4 hurricane that crossed the
International Dateline
The International Date Line (IDL) is the line extending between the South Pole, South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180th meridian, 180.0� ...
into the Western Pacific and was re-designated Severe Tropical Storm Dora; did not affect land
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Tropical Storm Dora (2005) – moved parallel to the Mexican coast near Acapulco
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Hurricane Dora (2011)
Hurricane Dora was the strongest tropical cyclone in the northeastern Pacific in 2011 Pacific hurricane season, 2011 that brought minor impacts to Mexico and the US in July of that year. The fourth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second majo ...
– Category 4 hurricane that moved parallel to the coast of southwestern Mexico, dissipated near the Baja California Peninsula
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Hurricane Dora (2017)
The 2017 Pacific hurricane season was an above average Pacific hurricane season in terms of named storms, though less active than the previous three, featuring eighteen named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. Despite the conside ...
– Category 2 hurricane that moved parallel to the southwestern Mexican coast
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Hurricane Dora (2023)
Hurricane Dora, also known as Typhoon Dora, was a longlived and powerful tropical cyclone that tracked across all three North Pacific tropical cyclone basins in August 2023. The fourth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurrica ...
(T2308, 05E) – long-lived Category 4 hurricane; crossed the International Dateline into the Western Pacific and was re-designated as Typhoon Dora
The name ''Dora'' was retired after the 2023 Pacific hurricane season, and was replaced with ''Debora''.
In the Western Pacific:
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Typhoon Dora (1947)
The 1947 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1947, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...
(T4719)
In the South-West Indian:
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Cyclone Dora (1979)
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Cyclone Dora (2007)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Dora (1964)
The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E in the 1960s. During the decade, tropical cyclones were named by the New Caledonia Meteorological Service, while the Australian Bureau ...
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Cyclone Dora (1971)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
After the 1970-71 season, the name ''Dora'' was removed from the Australian name list.
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