Fabio is the 6th 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 F. Since 1982, eight storms have been named Fabio; the strongest, in 1988, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Fabio 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).
Fabio 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. Fabio is name 6 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Fabio formed in the East Pacific in August 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Fabio (2024): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in June 2018 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 964 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Fabio (2018): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in July 2012 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 966 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Fabio (2012): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in July 2006 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 5 days.
Tropical Storm Fabio (2006): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in August 2000 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 6 days.
Tropical Storm Fabio (2000): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in July 1994 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Fabio (1994): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in July 1988 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 12 days.
Hurricane Fabio (1988): track and historyFabio formed in the East Pacific in July 1982 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Fabio (1982): 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, Fabio was the 6th 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 Tropical Storm Fabio in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 5, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 6th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994, 1988 and 1982.
Hurricane Fabio in 1988 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 1994, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).