The name Bonnie has been used for ten

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, eight in the Atlantic Ocean (one of which crossed over into the eastern Pacific Ocean) and one each in the Western Pacific and the Australian region of the Southern Hemisphere. In the Atlantic: * Hurricane Bonnie (1980), moved north over the central Atlantic Ocean, peaking at Category 2 strength. *

Hurricane Bonnie (1986) Hurricane Bonnie caused moderate damage along the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June 1986. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Bonnie developed out of an area of low pressure over the centr ...

, a minimal hurricane that hit Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, causing light damage. *

Hurricane Bonnie (1992) Hurricane Bonnie was a long-lived storm in the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the third tropical or subtropical storm and second hurricane of the 1992 season. Bonnie formed at high latitudes in the central Atlantic on September 17. Devo ...

, tracked eastward over the Atlantic, peaking at Category 2 strength, and striking the Azores as a tropical storm. *

Hurricane Bonnie (1998) Hurricane Bonnie was a major hurricane that made landfall in North Carolina, United States, inflicting severe crop damage. The second named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, Bonnie develope ...

, struck Wilmington, North Carolina, at just under Category 3 strength. *

Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004) Tropical Storm Bonnie was a tropical storm that made landfall on Florida in August 2004. The second storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Bonnie developed from a tropical wave on August 3 to the east of the Lesser Antilles. After moving t ...

, struck the Florida Panhandle, and caused heavy rainfall along the East Coast of the United States. *

Tropical Storm Bonnie (2010) Tropical Storm Bonnie was a small and rather weak tropical storm that brought squally weather to the northern Caribbean Sea and Gulf Coast of the United States in July 2010. The third tropical cyclone and second named storm of the 2010 Atlant ...

, struck the eastern Florida coast causing minimal damage. *

Tropical Storm Bonnie (2016) Tropical Storm Bonnie was a weak but persistent tropical cyclone that brought heavy rains to the Southeastern United States in May 2016. The second storm of the season, Bonnie formed from an area of low pressure northeast of the Bahamas on ...

, weakened to tropical depression strength just prior to striking Charleston, South Carolina, then degenerated into a post-tropical cyclone but later re-generated into a tropical storm after emerging over the ocean. * Hurricane Bonnie (2022), made landfall near the Costa Rica–Nicaragua border as a tropical storm, crossed over intact into the eastern Pacific Ocean, and strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane. In the Western Pacific: *

Tropical Storm Bonnie (1978) The 1978 Pacific typhoon season was a very active season that produced 31 tropical storms, 16 typhoons and one intense typhoon. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1978, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacif ...

(T7810, 11W, Gading), struck Vietnam. In the Australian region: *

Cyclone Bonnie (2002) In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ...

, caused heavy rainfall and gusty winds in Timor and Sumba; flash flooding in Sumba killed 19 people.

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