Ekeka is the 2nd name on Central Pacific list 2. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Ekeka comes 5 names after it. It is the only storm named Ekeka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Ekeka is on Central Pacific list 2, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Ekeka comes 5 names after it.
Ekeka formed in the Central Pacific in January 1992 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Hurricane Ekeka (1992): track and historyEkeka is name 2 of 12 on Central Pacific list 2. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Hurricane Ekeka in 1992, in the Central Pacific. It formed on January 26, peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h) and lasted 13 days. It did not make landfall. Ekeka is name 2 on Central Pacific list 2. It is the only storm named Ekeka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.