Iona is the 4th name on Central Pacific list 1. 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 Iona comes 43 names after it. It is the only storm named Iona in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Iona is on Central Pacific list 1, 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; Iona comes 43 names after it.
Iona formed in the Central Pacific in July 2025 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 956 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Iona (2025): track and historyIona is name 4 of 12 on Central Pacific list 1. 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 Iona in 2025, in the Central Pacific. It formed on July 26, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. Iona is name 4 on Central Pacific list 1. It is the only storm named Iona in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.