The name Laura has been used for a total of five tropical cyclones worldwide:
In the North Atlantic:
The name was retired from use in the Atlantic basin after 2020, and will be replaced by Leah in the 2026 season.
In the Western Pacific:
In the Southern Indian Ocean:
Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to simplify communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches and warnings. The names are intended to reduce confusion in the event of concurrent storms in the same basin. Once storms develop sustained wind speeds of more than 33 knots, names are generally assigned to them from predetermined lists, depending on the basin in which they originate. Some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while tropical cyclones must contain a significant amount of gale-force winds before they are named in the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Bonnie has been used for ten tropical cyclones worldwide, eight in the Atlantic Ocean and one each in the Western Pacific and the Australian region of the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Kate has been used for nineteen tropical cyclones worldwide, five in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the western Pacific Ocean, ten in the western Pacific Ocean, and three in the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Chris has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
The name Flossie has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, seven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and nine tropical cyclones in the western Pacific.
The name Gloria has been used for eighteen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Australian region, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and twelve in the Western Pacific Ocean. It has also been applied to one extratropical European windstorm.
The name Dora has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: two in the Atlantic Ocean, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean and two in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
The name Ione has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and one tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Atlantic before the formal naming system was instituted, and in the Pacific on the old four-year lists. The name Ione was retired in the Atlantic after 1955; this was before the formal lists were created, so it was not replaced with any particular name.
The name Amanda has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and two in the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Ingrid has been used to name two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and three in the Australian region.
The name Fred has been used for a total of six tropical cyclones worldwide, three in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Western Pacific Ocean, and one in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean.
During 2020, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, 141 tropical cyclones formed in bodies of water known as tropical cyclone basins. Of these, 104, including three subtropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean and three tropical-like cyclones in the Mediterranean, were named by various weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots. The strongest storm of the year was Typhoon Goni, peaking with a pressure of 905 hPa (26.72 inHg) and with 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph). The deadliest storm of the year was Hurricane Eta which caused 175 fatalities and another 100+ to be missing in Central America and the US, while the costliest storm of the year was Hurricane Laura, with a damage cost around $19.1 billion in the Greater Antilles, The Bahamas, and the Gulf Coast of the United States.