Iniki is a retired Pacific hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1992 storm, so no future storm in the eastern or central Pacific will be called Iniki. It is the only storm named Iniki in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Iniki is on NHC’s list of retired eastern and central Pacific names because of the 1992 storm. It is one of 22 names retired there since 1965 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the eastern and central Pacific lists.
Iniki formed in the East Pacific in September 1992 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 938 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Iniki (1992): track and historyThe most recent was Hurricane Iniki in 1992, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 5, peaked at 145 mph (230 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Iniki in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.