- Tropical Storm Grace
The name Grace has been used for three
tropical cyclone s in theAtlantic Ocean and nine tropical cyclones in the westernPacific Ocean .It is used on the modern six-year lists, where it replaced Gloria:
* 1991's Hurricane Grace - passed 50 miles (80 km) south ofBermuda but caused no significant damage. It was, however, reborn into an "unnamed" hurricane (officially called Hurricane #8), nicknamed The Perfect Storm.
* 1997's Tropical Storm Grace - formed north ofHispaniola , threatened no land.
* 2003's Tropical Storm Grace - made landfall onGalveston Island ,Texas , causing heavy rainfall but no significant damage.The name was also used for nine tropical cyclones in the western
Pacific :
* 1950's Typhoon Grace
* 1954's Typhoon Grace - affectedJapan .
* 1958's Super Typhoon Grace
* 1961's Tropical Storm Grace (Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.)
* 1964's Tropical Storm Grace
* 1966's Tropical Storm Grace
* 1969's Typhoon Grace
* 1972's Tropical Storm Grace
* 1975's Tropical Storm GraceThere was at least one Southern Hemisphere system with this name:
* 1983-84's Cyclone Grace - caused some damage in Australia.
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