// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was Alma stormy? Because it had a blowout personality.

Not to be confused with List of storms named Alpha.

The name Alma has been used to name eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Atlantic Ocean, five in the East Pacific Ocean, and one in the West Pacific Ocean.

In the Atlantic:

• Tropical Storm Alma (1958) – made landfall in northeastern Mexico
• Hurricane Alma (1962) – struck North Carolina as a tropical storm before heading out to sea
• 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
• Hurricane Alma (1970) – made landfall as a depression near Cedar Key, Florida
• Tropical Storm Alma (1974) – made landfall in Venezuela, caused 47 indirect deaths from a plane crash on Isla Margarita

In the East Pacific:

• Tropical Storm Alma (1984) – never affected land
• Hurricane Alma (1990) – earliest Pacific hurricane on record, but never affected land
• Hurricane Alma (1996) – affected Mexico with heavy rainfall, causing at least three deaths
• Hurricane Alma (2002) – early season major hurricane that never affected land
• Tropical Storm Alma (2008) – made landfall on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua

The name Alma was retired after the 2008 season and replaced with Amanda.

In the West Pacific:

• Typhoon Alma (1946) – approached Japan