Ele is the 2nd name on Central Pacific list 3. 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 Ele comes 17 names after it. It is the only storm named Ele in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Ele is on Central Pacific list 3, 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; Ele comes 17 names after it.
Ele formed in the Central Pacific in August 2002 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane 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 18 days.
Hurricane Ele (2002): track and historyEle is name 2 of 12 on Central Pacific list 3. 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 Ele in 2002, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 25, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 18 days. It did not make landfall. Ele is name 2 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Ele in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.