Ileana is the 9th 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 I. Since 1994, six storms have been named Ileana; the strongest, in 2006, peaked as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. Ileana 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).
Ileana 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. Ileana is name 9 of 24, and 44 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Ileana formed in the East Pacific in September 2024 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Ileana (2024): track and historyIleana formed in the East Pacific in August 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Ileana (2018): track and historyIleana formed in the East Pacific in August 2012 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Ileana (2012): track and historyIleana formed in the East Pacific in August 2006 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Ileana (2006): track and historyIleana formed in the East Pacific in August 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Ileana (2000): track and historyIleana formed in the East Pacific in August 1994 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Hurricane Ileana (1994): 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 and 1994, Ileana was the 9th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Ileana in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 11, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 9th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000 and 1994.
Hurricane Ileana in 2006 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the six, in 2024, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).