Celia is the 3rd 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 C. (It is retired in the Atlantic, after the 1970 storm there.) Since 1980, eight storms have been named Celia; the strongest, in 2010, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
Only in the Atlantic. Celia is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1970 storm (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names). The East Pacific keeps separate lists, and Celia is still on the 2028 list there.
Celia 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. Celia is name 3 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Celia formed in the East Pacific in June 2022 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Tropical Storm Celia (2022): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in July 2016 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 972 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 16 days.
Hurricane Celia (2016): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in June 2010 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 921 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Celia (2010): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in July 2004 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 981 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Celia (2004): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in July 1998 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Celia (1998): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in June 1992 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Celia (1992): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in June 1986 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Hurricane Celia (1986): track and historyCelia formed in the East Pacific in June 1980 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Celia (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, Celia was the 3rd name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Celia in 2022, in the East Pacific. It formed on June 16, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 15 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 3rd name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 2010, 2004, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980.
Hurricane Celia in 2010 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 921 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in June. The weakest of the eight, in 2022, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h).