Imelda is the 9th name on the 2031 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2031. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter I. Since 2013, three storms have been named Imelda; the strongest, in 2013, peaked as a Category 2 cyclone.
No. Imelda is on the 2031 list of Atlantic names, and it is not among the 100 names NHC lists as retired from the Atlantic (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
Imelda 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. Imelda is name 9 of 21, and 36 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Imelda formed in the Atlantic in September 2025 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 966 mb. It made landfall near Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Imelda (2025): track and historyImelda formed in the Atlantic in September 2019 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It made landfall near Freeport, United States. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Imelda (2019): track and historyImelda formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 2013 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 959 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 17 days.
Cyclone Imelda (2013): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imelda 2025 | Marsh Harbour, Bahamas | 2025-09-29 12:00 | 50 mph / 85 km/h |
| Imelda 2019 | Freeport, United States | 2019-09-17 17:45 | 45 mph / 75 km/h |
Names 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 both 2025 and 2019, Imelda was the 9th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Imelda appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Hurricane Imelda in 2025, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 26, peaked at 90 mph (150 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It made landfall near Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. It was the 9th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 2019 and 2013.
Cyclone Imelda in 2013 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 2 cyclone with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 959 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April. The weakest of the three, in 2019, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).