The name Alma has been used to name 11
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s worldwide: 5 in the North Atlantic Ocean, 5 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and 1 in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Alma (1958), made landfall in northeastern Mexico
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Hurricane Alma (1962)
Hurricane Alma saw the latest development of the first storm since 1941 Atlantic hurricane season, 1941. The first Tropical cyclone naming, named storm of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season, Alma formed from a tropical wave located offshore Sout ...
, struck North Carolina as a tropical storm before heading out to sea
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Hurricane Alma (1966), a Category 3 hurricane that traversed Cuba and then made landfall near Apalachee Bay, Florida; killed 90, mostly in Honduras, and did $210 million damage (in 1966 dollars), mostly to Cuba
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Hurricane Alma (1970)
Hurricane Alma was one of only four Atlantic tropical cyclones to reach hurricane status in the month of May. It developed on May 18, 1970 north of Panama, and rapidly intensified on May 20 to peak winds of , near Jamaica and the ...
, made landfall as a depression near Cedar Key, Florida
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Tropical Storm Alma (1974)
Tropical Storm Alma, the first named storm to develop in the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season, was a short lived tropical cyclone that made a rare Venezuelan landfall. The storm formed from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) on August 12 we ...
, made landfall in Venezuela, caused 47 indirect deaths from a plane crash on Isla Margarita
In the Eastern Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Alma (1984), never affected land
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Hurricane Alma (1990), earliest Pacific hurricane on record, but never affected land
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Hurricane Alma (1996), affected Mexico with heavy rainfall, causing at least three deaths
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Hurricane Alma (2002), early season major hurricane that never affected land
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Tropical Storm Alma
Tropical Storm Alma of the 2008 Pacific hurricane season was the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record. It formed within the monsoon trough just off the coast of Costa Rica on May 29. Initially forecast to remain a weak tropica ...
(2008), made landfall on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua
The WMO retired the name ''Alma'' after the 2008 hurricane season and replaced it with ''Amanda'' beginning in 2014.
In the Western Pacific:
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Typhoon Alma (1946), approached Japan
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