Storm waves crashing against a harbour wall

UK Storm Season 2020/21

The 2020/21 storm season saw five storms named over the year with Storm Darcy being named by KNMI in February 2021.

The first named storm was Storm Aiden on 31 October 2020 bringing some strong winds and heavy rain to the UK as part of a spell of turbulent, wet and very windy weather from late October to early November.

A-Z of UK storm names 2020/21
Name Date named Date of impact on UK, Ireland and/or the Netherlands
Alex 3 October 2020 (named by Meteo France) 02 - 04 October 2020
Barbara 19 October 2020 (named by AEMet) 21 October 2020
Aiden 30 October 2020 31 October 2020
Bella 24 December 2020 26 - 27 December 2020
Christoph 18 January 2021 19 - 22 January 2021
Darcy 5 February 2021 (named by KNMI) 6 - 8 February 2021
Evert 29 July 2021 30 July 2021

Unused storm names 2020/21

Name
Storm Fleur
Storm Gavin
Storm Heulwen
Storm Iain
Storm Julia
Storm Klaas
Storm Lilah
Storm Minne
Storm Naia
Storm Oscar
Storm Pheobe
Storm Ravi
Storm Saidhbhín
Storm Tobias
Storm Veronica
Storm Wilson