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. Depen ...
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)
The 1958 Atlantic hurricane season included every tropical cyclone either affecting or threatening land. There were ten named storms as well as one pre-season tropical storm. Seven of the storms became hurricanes, including five that were major ...
, made landfall in northeastern Mexico
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Hurricane Alma (1962), struck North Carolina as a tropical storm before heading out to sea
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Hurricane Alma (1966)
Hurricane Alma was a rare (and the most recent) June major hurricane in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the earliest Atlantic hurricane in the calendar year in fifteen years, as well as the earliest continental U.S. hurricane strike ...
, 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), made landfall as a depression near Cedar Key, Florida
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Tropical Storm Alma (1974), 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)
The 1984 Pacific hurricane season featured numerous tropical cyclones, several of which were impactful to land. It was a busy hurricane season with 21 named storms, 13 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes, the latter of which are Category 3 or ...
, never affected land
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Hurricane Alma (1990)
The 1990 Pacific hurricane season was a very active season which observed 21 named storms within the basin. The season also produced the fourth highest ACE index value on record. The season was officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific ...
, earliest Pacific hurricane on record, but never affected land
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Hurricane Alma (1996)
Hurricane Alma was the first of three consecutively named storms to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico during a ten-day span in June, 1996. Alma was the third tropical cyclone, first named storm, and first hurricane for the 1996 Pacific ...
, affected Mexico with heavy rainfall, causing at least three deaths
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Hurricane Alma (2002)
The 2002 Pacific hurricane season was an above-average season which produced fifteen named storms. Eight hurricanes formed, including three Category 5 hurricanes, which tied for the most in a season with 1994 and 2018. Moreover, the season was a ...
, early season major hurricane that never affected land
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Tropical Storm Alma (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)
The 1946 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1946, 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 when ...
, approached Japan
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