Tropical Storm Alma

The name Alma has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, and five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Atlantic before the formal naming system was instituted.

Atlantic:
*1962's Hurricane Alma - struck North Carolina as a tropical storm before heading out to sea.
*1966's Hurricane Alma - Second-earliest storm to reach Category 3, killed 90, mostly in Honduras, and did $210 million damage (in 1966 dollars), mostly to Cuba.
*1970's Hurricane Alma - caused minor effects on its path, and only one of 3 May hurricanes in the 20th century in the Atlantic.
*1974's Tropical Storm Alma - Struck South America and caused 47 indirect deaths from a plane crash.

Pacific:
*1984's Tropical Storm Alma - never affected land
*1990's Hurricane Alma - earliest pacific hurricane on record.
*1996's Hurricane Alma - Affected Mexico with heavy rainfall, causing at least three deaths.
*2002's Hurricane Alma - Early season major hurricane that never affected land
*2008's Tropical Storm Alma - first tropical storm to hit Pacific coast of Nicaragua