Tropical Storm Grace

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The name Grace has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and nine tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.

It is used on the modern six-year lists, where it replaced Gloria:

• 1991's Hurricane Grace - 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.
• 1997's Tropical Storm Grace - formed north of Hispaniola, threatened no land.
• 2003's Tropical Storm Grace - made landfall on Galveston Island, Texas, causing heavy rainfall but no significant damage.

The name was also used for nine tropical cyclones in the western Pacific:

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• 1950's Typhoon Grace
• 1954's Typhoon Grace - affected Japan.
• 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 Grace

There was at least one Southern Hemisphere system with this name:

• 1983-84's Cyclone Grace - caused some damage in Australia.