Flossie is the 6th name on the 2031 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2031. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter F. Since 1983, eight storms have been named Flossie; the strongest, in 2007, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Flossie is on the 2031 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).
Flossie is next scheduled for 2031, when the 2031 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. Flossie is name 6 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Flossie formed in the East Pacific in June 2025 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Flossie (2025): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in July 2019 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Flossie (2019): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in July 2013 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Flossie (2013): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in August 2007 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 949 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Flossie (2007): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in August 2001 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 972 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Flossie (2001): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in August 1995 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Flossie (1995): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in July 1989 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 Flossie (1989): track and historyFlossie formed in the East Pacific in July 1983 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Flossie (1983): 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 2025, 2019, 2013, 2007, 2001 and 1995, Flossie 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 Hurricane Flossie in 2025, in the East Pacific. It formed on June 29, peaked at 120 mph (195 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 6th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2019, 2013, 2007, 2001, 1995, 1989 and 1983.
Hurricane Flossie in 2007 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 949 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the eight, in 1989, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).