The name Dolly has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the Northern Atlantic Ocean:
- 1953's Hurricane Dolly - A strong storm that weakened rapidly before passing over Bermuda.
- 1954's Hurricane Dolly - Small storm that stayed far from land.
- 1968's Hurricane Dolly - Moved up the east coast of the United States but did not hit land.
- 1974's Tropical Storm Dolly - Weak storm that did not strike land.
- 1996's Hurricane Dolly - Formed in the Caribbean, made landfall at Quintana Roo, Mexico and again at Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- 2002's Tropical Storm Dolly - Formed west of Africa, tracked northwest, but never threatened land.
- 2008's Hurricane Dolly- Category 2 hurricane that caused $1.5 billion in damage to Texas and Mexico.
The name Dolly, despite heavy damage in Texas in 2008, was not retired and is on the list for the 2014 season.
In the Northwestern Pacific Ocean:
- 1946's Typhoon Dolly, a strong typhoon that ultimately made landfall in China's Zhejiang province
In the Southeastern Indian Ocean:
- 1965's Tropical Cyclone Dolly, which never impacted land
In the Southwestern Indian Ocean:
- 1972's Tropical Storm Dolly, a system that developed off the coast of Madagascar that later grazed Réunion
Famous quotes containing the words tropical and/or storm:
“Physical force has no value, where there is nothing else. Snow in snow-banks, fire in volcanoes and solfataras is cheap. The luxury of ice is in tropical countries, and midsummer days. The luxury of fire is, to have a little on our hearth; and of electricity, not the volleys of the charged cloud, but the manageable stream on the battery-wires. So of spirit, or energy; the rests or remains of it in the civil and moral man, are worth all the cannibals in the Pacific.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps on.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)