Austen, Boelo, Chloe, and Dano are among the names chosen for the new storm season.

The 21 names have been compiled by Met Éireann, the UK Met Office and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).

Met Éireann’s selection features four historically significant names in Austen, Evelyn, Kilian and Miriam, with three derived from a longlist of nominations proposed through a public campaign run last year in Heather, Laoise and Phelim.

Eoin Sherlock, Head of the Forecasting Division in Met Éireann, said the naming of storms has practical reasons.

“We know that naming storms makes it easier for people to track important and up to date forecast and safety-related information as we can see from the levels of traffic and activity through our website and across social media platforms during storm events.

“This year marks the 90 years since the Irish Meteorological Service was set up and we are proud to be able to recognise some of the significant contributors to our history in the list of storm names this year, such as the first director of the Service in 1936, Austen Nagle, and the first woman to hold an operational role as a meteorological officer, Miriam Lyons".

27/01/2026 Dublin, Ireland. Cars on Nutgrove Avenue Rathfarnham as the River Dodder flooded in Dublin. Met Eireann has issued multiple warnings Storm Chanrda brings flooding, power outages, fallen trees and hazardous travelling conditions across Ireland. Photograph: Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

The 2026/27 storm ‘season' begins today, 1st September and runs until 31st August next year.

There were five named storms in the 2025/26 season, which started with Amy in October 2025, Claudia in November, Bram in December, Chandra in January, and Dave in April.

Met Éireann, said the most recent season was characterised by strong Atlantic cyclones, with the most extreme wind conditions in October, the lowest pressure in January, the greatest rainfall in November and the final listed storm impact occurring in April.

Storm Amy was the most severe wind event, bringing violent storm force sustained winds of 111 km/h and gusts reaching 148 km/h at Malin Head.

Storm Claudia was less severe for wind but was the wettest event, producing a daily rainfall total of 66.9 mm at Johnstown Castle. Claudia also generated the highest individual wave of the season at 21.1 m at Buoy M5 off the south Wexford coast.

09/12/2025 Dublin Ireland. Photo shows: The Poolbeg Lighthouse is almost invisible, surrounded by high seas and waves generated by Storm Bram as it lands on Dublin City. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Storm Bram was an unusually warm December storm with temperatures up to 17.2 °C at Phoenix Park.

Storm Chandra was the deepest storm in the season, with mean sea level pressure falling to 958.4 hPa. Chandra also produced gusts of 130 km/h at Malin Head, making it the second strongest wind event after Amy.

Storm Dave in early April was the last-named storm of the season, bringing storm force winds, gusts of 111 km/h and 38.6 mm of daily rainfall.