List of retired Atlantic hurricane names
Names retired in the 1980s
Table:
Name

Dates active

Peak classification

Sustained
wind speeds

Pressure

Areas affected

Deaths

Damage
(USD)

Refs

Allen
July 31 – August 11, 1980
Category 5 hurricane
190 mph (305 km/h)
899 hPa (26.55 inHg)
The Caribbean, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, South Texas
269
$1.24 billion
[43][47][48]

Alicia
August 15 – 21, 1983
Category 3 hurricane
115 mph (185 km/h)
963 hPa (28.44 inHg)
Eastern Texas, Louisiana
21
$3 billion
[30][49]

Elena
August 28 – September 4, 1985
Category 3 hurricane
125 mph (205 km/h)
953 hPa (28.14 inHg)
Cuba, United States Gulf Coast
9
$1.3 billion
[30][50][51]

Gloria
September 16 – October 2, 1985
Category 4 hurricane
145 mph (230 km/h)
919 hPa (27.14 inHg)
United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada
9
$900 million
[50]

Gilbert
September 8 – 19, 1988
Category 5 hurricane
185 mph (295 km/h)
888 hPa (26.22 inHg)
Jamaica, Venezuela, Central America, Hispaniola, Mexico
318
$5 billion
[35][52]

Joan
October 11 – November 2, 1988
Category 4 hurricane
145 mph (230 km/h)
932 hPa (27.52 inHg)
Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America
216
$2 billion
[52]

Hugo
September 9 – 25, 1989
Category 5 hurricane
160 mph (260 km/h)
918 hPa (27.11 inHg)
The Caribbean, United States East Coast
49
$9.7 billion
[35][53]

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891
$23.1 billion

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