1981 WMHB Atlantic Hurricane Season (WeatherWill)

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1981. It was the first use for all of these names since the post-1978 naming change, except for Arlene, Cindy, and Irene, which had been previously used in 1959, 1963, 1967, and 1971.

Retirement
In the spring of 1982, at the 4th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization decided to not retire any names. The same list will be used again in the 1987 season.