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:
“Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
That frequently happens in tropical climes
When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“Here’s neither bush nor shrub to bear off any weather at all. And another storm brewing, I hear it sing i’ the wind. Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. If it should thunder as it did before, I know not where to hide my head. Yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)