Alvin is the 1st name on the 2031 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so the first East Pacific storm of 2031 will be named Alvin. Since 2005, five storms have been named Alvin; the strongest, in 2005, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Alvin is on the 2031 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).
Alvin is next scheduled for 2031, when the 2031 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. Alvin is name 1 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Alvin formed in the East Pacific in May 2025 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Alvin (2025): track and historyAlvin formed in the East Pacific in June 2019 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Alvin (2019): track and historyAlvin formed in the East Pacific in May 2013 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Alvin (2013): track and historyAlvin formed in the East Pacific in May 2007 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Tropical Storm Alvin (2007): track and historyAlvin formed in the Southern Hemisphere in November 2005 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 927 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Cyclone Alvin (2005): 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 2025, 2019, 2013 and 2007, Alvin was the 1st name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Alvin appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Alvin in 2025, in the East Pacific. It formed on May 28, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 1st name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2019, 2013, 2007 and 2005.
Cyclone Alvin in 2005 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 927 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in November. The weakest of the five, in 2007, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).