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List of storms named Fiona

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ28223908 ↗
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The name Fiona has been used for seven tropical cyclones: three in the Atlantic Ocean, three in the Australian region, and one in the South-West Indian Ocean.

In the Atlantic, where Fiona replaced Frances on the naming lists:

Tropical Storm Fiona (2010) – remnants passed near Bermuda

Tropical Storm Fiona (2016) – did not affect land

Hurricane Fiona (2022) – a Category 4 hurricane that affected Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and Atlantic Canada, becoming the strongest post-tropical cyclone to make landfall in Canada

The name Fiona was retired after the 2022 season, being replaced with Farrah for the 2028 season.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of storms named Fiona” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.