Tropical Storm Grace
The name Grace has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The name replaced Gloria which was retired after the 1985 season:
- Hurricane Grace (1991) – Weak Category 2 hurricane that passed 50 miles (80 km) south of Bermuda but caused no significant damage. It was, however, reborn into an unnamed hurricane (officially called Hurricane #8), nicknamed "The Perfect Storm".
- Tropical Storm Grace (1997) – formed north of Hispaniola, threatened no land.
- Tropical Storm Grace (2003) – made landfall on Galveston Island, Texas, causing heavy rainfall but no significant damage.
- Tropical Storm Grace (2009) – Nearly hurricane-force storm that formed northeast of the Azores, breaking Vince's record for the furthest northeast forming tropical storm in the basin.
- Tropical Storm Grace (2015) – formed off the west coast of Africa, threatened no land.
The name was also used for ten tropical cyclones in the western Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Grace (1945) – Nearly typhoon force tropical storm. Additional information unknown.
- Typhoon Grace (1950) (T5008) – Moderately strong Category 1 typhoon that made landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm.
- Typhoon Grace (1954) (T5405) – affected Japan.
- Super Typhoon Grace (1958) (T5819) – Powerful Category 5 super-typhoon with 190 mph winds and a pressure of 905 mbar.
- Tropical Storm Grace (1961) (30W) – Weak tropical storm. Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.
- Tropical Storm Grace (1964) (T6410, 13W) – Moderately strong 60 mph tropical storm that executed a loop before restrengthening and eventually dissipating southeast of Japan.
- Tropical Storm Grace (1966) (T6623, 25W) – Another nearly typhoon force storm.
- Typhoon Grace (1969) (T6913, 16W) – Strong Category 2 typhoon that lasted for nearly a week.
- Tropical Storm Grace (1972) (T7219, 19W, Osang) – Moderately strong tropical storm that took an erratic track east of Luzon.
- Tropical Storm Grace (1975) (T7517, 20W) – Yet another nearly typhoon force storm that also took an erratic track east of Luzon, eventually dissipating in the Bering Sea about a week after formation.
The name was used for one tropical cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean.
- Cyclone Grace (1963) – Information unknown.
The name was also used for two tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
- Cyclone Grace (1984) – Cyclone that caused some damage in Australia.
- Cyclone Grace (2004) – Category 2 (Australian scale) cyclone that briefly threatened New Caledonia, before causing $20 million in damage in Australia, and nearly 30 in. of rainfall.
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