Huko is the 3rd name on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Huko comes 18 names after it. It is the only storm named Huko in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Huko is on Central Pacific list 3, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Huko comes 18 names after it.
Huko formed in the Central Pacific in October 2002 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 967 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Hurricane Huko (2002): track and historyHuko is name 3 of 12 on Central Pacific list 3. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Hurricane Huko in 2002, in the Central Pacific. It formed on October 23, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h) and lasted 15 days. It did not make landfall. Huko is name 3 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Huko in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.