Genevieve is the 7th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it has been used in 2026: Hurricane Genevieve formed on July 24. The list comes back in 2032, when Genevieve is used only if the season reaches the letter G. Since 1984, eight storms have been named Genevieve; the strongest, in 2014, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
No. Genevieve is on the 2026 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).
Genevieve is next scheduled for 2032, when the 2026 list comes back. 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. Genevieve is name 7 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Genevieve formed in the East Pacific in July 2026 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 924 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (2026): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in August 2020 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (2020): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in July 2014 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 918 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 23 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (2014): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in July 2008 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 10 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (2008): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in August 2002 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 6 days.
Tropical Storm Genevieve (2002): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in September 1996 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Tropical Storm Genevieve (1996): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in July 1990 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (1990): track and historyGenevieve formed in the East Pacific in July 1984 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Genevieve (1984): 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 2026, 2020, 2014, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1990 and 1984, Genevieve was the 7th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Genevieve in 2026, in the East Pacific. It formed on July 24, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 13 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 7th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2020, 2014, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1990 and 1984.
Hurricane Genevieve in 2014 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 918 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in July. The weakest of the eight, in 1996, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).