Gilma is the 7th 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 G. Since 1988, seven storms have been named Gilma; the strongest, in 1994, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
No. Gilma 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).
Gilma 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. Gilma is name 7 of 24, and every East Pacific season from 1980 to 2025 got at least that far.
Gilma formed in the East Pacific in August 2024 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 12 days.
Hurricane Gilma (2024): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in July 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Gilma (2018): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in August 2012 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 984 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Gilma (2012): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in August 2006 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 4 days.
Tropical Storm Gilma (2006): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in August 2000 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 984 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Gilma (2000): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in July 1994 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 920 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Gilma (1994): track and historyGilma formed in the East Pacific in July 1988 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 Gilma (1988): 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, Gilma was the 7th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Gilma in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 18, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 12 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 7th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994 and 1988.
Hurricane Gilma in 1994 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 920 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in July. The weakest of the seven, in 2006, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).