Felicia is the 6th 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 F. Since 1997, six storms have been named Felicia; the strongest, in 2009, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Felicia 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).
Felicia 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. Felicia is name 6 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Felicia formed in the East Pacific in July 2021 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Felicia (2021): track and historyFelicia formed in the East Pacific in July 2015 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Felicia (2015): track and historyFelicia formed in the East Pacific in August 2009 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Felicia (2009): track and historyFelicia formed in the East Pacific in July 2003 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 7 days.
Tropical Storm Felicia (2003): track and historyFelicia formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2000 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Cyclone Felicia (2000): track and historyFelicia formed in the East Pacific in July 1997 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 8 days.
Hurricane Felicia (1997): 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 and 1997, Felicia was the 6th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Felicia appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Hurricane Felicia in 2021, in the East Pacific. It formed on July 14, peaked at 145 mph (230 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 6th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2015, 2009, 2003, 2000 and 1997.
Hurricane Felicia in 2009 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the six, in 2015, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).