Talk:1975–76 South Pacific cyclone season

Note surrounding the names: 1975-76

Since several of the names used in a Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons pre 1980 have been lost to time, I am writing a note on each of the talkpages to explain where I got the names from. I am hoping to rediscover these names, in order to update List of historical tropical cyclone names (LOHTCN) and season articles as well as to give editors a better idea of who named what. As of April 13, 2022, LOHTCN currently shows that the names Charlotte, David, Elsa, Frances, George, Hope, Jan and Watorea were used in the South Pacific basin and that the names Alan, Alice, Beth, Carol, Colin, Dawn, Hope, Joan, Kim, Linda, Ray, Sue, Vanessa, Wally and Watorea were used in the Australian region during 1975-76. The sources cited were the Old Australian Database, the NZMS summary; "Tropical Cyclones in the Southwest Pacific: November 1969 – May 1979", a book written by James P Terry entitled Tropical Cyclone Climatology and Impacts in the South Pacific and Tropical Cyclone Impacts along the Australian east coast from November to April 1858–2000 a document written by a former BoM TC forecaster: Jeff Callaghan.

The NZMS summary shows that the names: Alan, Beth, Colin, Dawn, David, Elsa, Francis, Hope, Ian/Jan, Linda and Watorea were used for tropical cyclone names between Australia and 140W. I have also managed to obtain a copy of Tropical Cyclones in the Australian Region from July 1909 to June 1980 which shows that the names: Joan, Kim, Sue, David, Vanessa, Alan, Beth, Wally, Colin, Alice, Dawn, Linda and Watorea were used in the Australian Region during 1975-76. After a bit of digging through Trove, I was able to find an original naming list for the Australian region from 1975-76, which showed that the names Alan, Beth, Colin and Dawn would have been named by Brisbane. The July 1976 issue of the Mariners Weather Log on page 210 shows that the name Watorea was assigned by TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. As a result, it appears that the names [Charlotte], David (R), Elsa (R), Francis, [George], Hope, Ian/Jan were used for tropical cyclone names in the South Pacific by the FMS/NZMS during the season. Charlotte is briefly mentioned in the March 1976 issue of the Mariners Weather Log on page 83, while George is mentioned in the July 1976 issue of the Mariners Weather Log on page 211. Jason Rees (talk) 01:45, 26 April 2022 (UTC)