Enrique is the 5th name on the 2027 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2027. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter E. Since 1985, seven storms have been named Enrique; the strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. Enrique is on the 2027 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).
Enrique is next scheduled for 2027, when the 2027 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. Enrique is name 5 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Enrique formed in the East Pacific in June 2021 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 972 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Enrique (2021): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in July 2015 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Enrique (2015): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in August 2009 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 Enrique (2009): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in July 2003 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Enrique (2003): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in July 1997 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Enrique (1997): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in July 1991 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 18 days.
Hurricane Enrique (1991): track and historyEnrique formed in the East Pacific in June 1985 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Enrique (1985): 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 2021, 2015, 2009, 2003, 1997 and 1985, Enrique was the 5th name used in the East Pacific season.
Seasons where our archive is missing an earlier name are left out, because we can’t confirm the count.
The most recent was Hurricane Enrique in 2021, in the East Pacific. It formed on June 25, peaked at 90 mph (150 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 5th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2015, 2009, 2003, 1997, 1991 and 1985.
Hurricane Enrique in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in July. The weakest of the seven, in 1985, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).