The name Barbara has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: two in the Atlantic Ocean, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one in the South Pacific Ocean, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, and two in the South-West Indian Ocean. It has also been used to name one

extratropical cyclone Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth. Extratropical cyclones are capable of ...

in the UK and Ireland. In the Atlantic: *

Hurricane Barbara (1953) Hurricane Barbara was the second named tropical cyclone of the 1953 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave on August 11 in the southern Bahamas, Barbara moved northward and attained hurricane status the next day. Ultimately peak ...

, Category 1 hurricane that moved up the U.S. east coast. * Tropical Storm Barbara (1954), made landfall near Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. in the Eastern Pacific: * Hurricane Barbara (1983), a Category 4 hurricane that stayed far from land. * Hurricane Barbara (1989), a Category 1 hurricane that did not strike land. * Hurricane Barbara (1995), strong Category 4 that remained away from land. * Tropical Storm Barbara (2001), passed to the northeast of Hawaii. *

Tropical Storm Barbara (2007) Tropical Storm Barbara was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall during the 2007 Pacific hurricane season. The second storm of the season, Barbara developed from a small low-pressure area on May 29 about 235 miles (380 km) southe ...

, made landfall near the Guatemala–Mexico border. *

Hurricane Barbara (2013) Hurricane Barbara was the easternmost landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. As the first hurricane of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season, Barbara developed from a low-pressure area while located southeast of Mexico on May 28. It headed slow ...

, large Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico. * Hurricane Barbara (2019), powerful Category 4 hurricane that did not affect land. In the South Pacific: * Cyclone Barbara (1967) In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Barbara (1946), made landfall in the Philippines. In the South-West Indian: * Tropical Storm Barbara (1960), remained far from land. * Tropical Storm Barbara (1975), made landfall in Madagascar twice. In Europe: *

Storm Barbara (2016) The name Barbara has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: two in the Atlantic Ocean, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one in the South Pacific Ocean, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, and two in the South-West Indian Ocean. It has ...

, caused minor damage in Northern Ireland and Wales. * Storm Barbara (2023), storm that affected the eastern Medditeranean after the

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 Time in Turkey, TRT (01:17 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), a 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was west–northwest of Gaziantep. The ear ...

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