Blas is the 2nd name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter B. Since 1980, eight storms have been named Blas; the strongest, in 1998, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Blas is on the 2028 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).
Blas is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 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. Blas is name 2 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Blas formed in the East Pacific in June 2022 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Blas (2022): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in July 2016 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 947 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Blas (2016): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in June 2010 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Blas (2010): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in July 2004 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Blas (2004): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in June 1998 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 9 days.
Hurricane Blas (1998): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in June 1992 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Blas (1992): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in June 1986 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Blas (1986): track and historyBlas formed in the East Pacific in June 1980 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Blas (1980): 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 2022, 2016, 2010, 2004, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980, Blas was the 2nd name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Blas in 2022, in the East Pacific. It formed on June 14, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 2nd name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 2010, 2004, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980.
Hurricane Blas in 1998 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 1992, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).