Estelle is the 5th name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter E. Since 1980, eight storms have been named Estelle; the strongest, in 1992, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Estelle is on the 2028 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).
Estelle is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 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. Estelle is name 5 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Estelle formed in the East Pacific in July 2022 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Estelle (2022): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in July 2016 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Estelle (2016): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in August 2010 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 Estelle (2010): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in August 2004 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Estelle (2004): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in July 1998 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Estelle (1998): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in July 1992 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 943 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Estelle (1992): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in July 1986 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Estelle (1986): track and historyEstelle formed in the East Pacific in July 1980 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Estelle (1980): 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 2022, 2016, 2010, 2004, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980, Estelle was the 5th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Estelle in 2022, in the East Pacific. It formed on July 15, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 5th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 2010, 2004, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980.
Hurricane Estelle in 1992 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 943 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in July. The weakest of the eight, in 1980, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).