Douglas is the 4th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it has been used in 2026: Tropical Storm Douglas formed on June 28. The list comes back in 2032, when Douglas is used only if the season reaches the letter D. Since 1984, eight storms have been named Douglas; the strongest, in 1984, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Douglas is on the 2026 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).
Douglas is next scheduled for 2032, when the 2026 list comes back. 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. Douglas is name 4 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Douglas formed in the East Pacific in June 2026 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Douglas (2026): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in July 2020 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 954 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Douglas (2020): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in June 2014 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 10 days.
Tropical Storm Douglas (2014): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in July 2008 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 5 days.
Tropical Storm Douglas (2008): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in July 2002 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 Douglas (2002): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in July 1996 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 946 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Douglas (1996): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in June 1990 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Douglas (1990): track and historyDouglas formed in the East Pacific in June 1984 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Douglas (1984): 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 2026, 2020, 2014, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1990 and 1984, Douglas was the 4th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Douglas in 2026, in the East Pacific. It formed on June 28, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 4th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2020, 2014, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1990 and 1984.
Hurricane Douglas in 1984 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h). It formed in the East Pacific in June. The weakest of the eight, in 2026, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).