Emilia is the 5th name on the 2030 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2030. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter E. Since 1988, seven storms have been named Emilia; the strongest, in 1994, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
No. Emilia is on the 2030 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).
Emilia is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 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. Emilia is name 5 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Emilia formed in the East Pacific in August 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 988 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Emilia (2024): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in June 2018 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 7 days.
Tropical Storm Emilia (2018): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in July 2012 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Emilia (2012): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in July 2006 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Emilia (2006): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in July 2000 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 6 days.
Tropical Storm Emilia (2000): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in July 1994 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 926 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Emilia (1994): track and historyEmilia formed in the East Pacific in July 1988 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Emilia (1988): 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 2024, 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994 and 1988, Emilia was the 5th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Emilia in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 4, peaked at 70 mph (110 km/h) and lasted 6 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 5th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994 and 1988.
Hurricane Emilia in 1994 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 926 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in July. The weakest of the seven, in 2018, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h).