New storm names announced

Betty, Diasy and Mark will blow in

The storm names for the 2002/3 season, starting today, have been announced by the Met Office, in partnership with their overseas equivalents Met Éireann and KNMI.

Antoni, Betty and Cillian will be the first this year. Last year, Storm Eunice was responsible for England’s record gust speed with 122mph. 

They are named when a system is forecast to cause ‘medium’ or ‘high’ impacts in the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands. In addition to strong winds, impacts from rain and snow will also be considered in the naming process.  

The Met Office’s names in the list have come through submissions from the public, with Daisy, Glen, Khalid and Owain some of those submitted. Betty topped a public vote on Met Office Twitter, with over 12,000 votes cast to select the name for the letter B.  

Met Office Head of Situational Awareness Will Lang, who leads responses in times of severe weather, said: “We know from seven years of doing this that naming storms works. Last year, Storms Arwen and Eunice brought some severe impacts to the UK and we know that naming storms helps to raise awareness and give the public the information they need to stay safe in times of severe weather.” 

Met Office post-event surveys show that 98% of those within the red warning area in the southeast for Storm Eunice were aware of the warning, and 91% of those took action to protect themselves, their property or business.   

2022/23 storm names in full

Antoni 

Betty 

Cillian  
(kill-ee-an) 

Daisy 

Elliot 

Fleur 

Glen 

Hendrika 
(hen-dree-ka) 

Íde 
(ee-da) 

Johanna 
(yo-hah-na) 

Khalid 

Loes 
(l-oo-s) 

Mark 

Nelly 

Owain 
(oh-wine) 

Priya 

Ruadhán 
(ru-awe-on) 

Sam 

Tobias 

Val 

Wouter 
(vow-ter)