Aletta is the 1st name on the 2030 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so the first East Pacific storm of 2030 will be named Aletta. Since 1982, eight storms have been named Aletta; the strongest, in 2018, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Aletta is on the 2030 list of East Pacific names, and it is not among the 22 names NHC lists as retired from the eastern and central Pacific (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
Aletta is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 list is used. The six lists rotate, so each one returns every six years.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Aletta is name 1 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Aletta formed in the East Pacific in July 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (2024): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in June 2018 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 943 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Aletta (2018): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in May 2012 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (2012): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in May 2006 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (2006): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in May 2000 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Aletta (2000): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in June 1994 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (1994): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in June 1988 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (1988): track and historyAletta formed in the East Pacific in May 1982 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Aletta (1982): track and historyNames go in alphabetical order, one per storm, as each storm reaches tropical-storm strength (39 mph, 34 knots), so a storm’s place in its season decides its name.
In each of 2024, 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994, 1988 and 1982, Aletta was the 1st name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Aletta in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on July 3, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 1st name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994, 1988 and 1982.
Hurricane Aletta in 2018 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 943 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in June. The weakest of the eight, in 2024, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).