1979 WMHB Atlantic Hurricane Season (WeatherWill)

Storm names
Since 1953 Atlantic hurricane season, the NHC and NOAA used a naming list that contained only female names. Throughout the years, feminist groups criticized this practice, especially in the aftermath of hurricanes Eloise in 1975 and Belle in 1976.However, in May 1978, NOAA administrator Richard A. Frank announced by a list with male and female names would be used in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 1978 season and in the Atlantic by 1979, after submitting a proposal to the World Meteorological Organization. Initially, male names were scheduled to be introduced in the 1981 season. Storms were named Ana, Bob, Claudette, David, Frederic, Henri, Isabel, Juan, Kate, Larry, Mindy, and Nicholas for the first (and only, in the cases of Frederic, Isabel, and Kate) time in 1979. The name Elena was previously used in the 1965 season, and the name Gloria was used in 1976. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1985 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in.

Retirement
In the spring of 1980, at the 2nd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Frederic, Isabel, and Kate from its rotating name lists due to the deaths and damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Fabian, Ida and Kara for the 1985 season, respectively.