Is your name on this year's storm list?

The Met Office has been naming storms since 2015

Amy, Bram and Chandra will be the names of the first three storms we see during the 2025/2026 storm season which starts on 1 September.

That's according to the new list revealed by the UK's Met Office, Ireland's Met Eireann and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).

The list for 2025-26 was chosen by members of the public and was released today, as it's the start of the annual "storm season".

Storms are given names when they are forecast to cause medium or high impacts.

The UK is part of a group including Ireland and the Netherlands which jointly names storms which are likely to affect them.

Which names have been chosen?

More than 50,000 name suggestions were sent to the Met Office from across the UK, Netherlands and Ireland.

They were chosen either because they were the most popular, or because they had an interesting story behind them.

For example, one storm will be named Dave, thanks to someone who said their husband can snore louder than any storm.

Pets were also very popular submissions. The fifteenth storm of the season will be named after Oscar the cat, who is "a good boy, but crazy when he gets the zoomies".

Not all the letters of the alphabet are used, names that begin with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not on the list.

Why do storms have names?

In the 2024-25 storm season, there were six named storms

Storms started to be named by the UK's national weather service in 2015.

The Met Office believes that if a storm has a name, it makes it easier for people to talk about it, and to follow its progress on the TV, radio or online.

Rebekah Hicks, the Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office says they are pleased with the success the system has had.

"Over the past decade, we've seen how naming storms helps raise awareness and ultimately, helps save lives. It's a simple but powerful tool in helping communities stay safe when severe weather is on the way."

Do all storms have names?

Storms can cause water levels to rise, this is the River Ouse when it was affected by Storm Bert last year

Storms don't automatically get given a name.

In the UK, storms are named when they are likely to cause disruption or damage that could lead to an amber or red warning.

So a storm might be named because it's expected to bring very strong winds, or because lots of rain or snow might cause problems too.

What do you think a good name for a storm would be? Let us know in the comments below.