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New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office

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Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn. The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015 Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.S1
  • The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015S2
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1w BBC

New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office

Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.

1w Independent

Olaf, Boelo and Shaun: Met Office confirms storm names for 2026/27 after 40,000 public submissions

The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015

New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office

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The brief

Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn. The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015 Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.S1
  • The UK’s Met Office, Ireland’s Met Éireann, and KNMI in the Netherlands have been naming storms since 2015S2
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S1 BBC 1 report · EN
S2 IndependentLead 1 report · EN