Iva is a retired Pacific hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1988 storm, so no future storm in the eastern or central Pacific will be called Iva. Its place on the list now belongs to Ileana, on the 2030 list. It is the only storm named Iva in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Iva is on NHC’s list of retired eastern and central Pacific names because of the 1988 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. Its place on the list, the I slot, now belongs to Ileana, on the 2030 East Pacific list, which is next used in 2030.
Iva formed in the East Pacific in August 1988 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 968 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Iva (1988): 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 1988, Iva was the 9th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Iva in 1988, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 5, peaked at 105 mph (165 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 9th name used in that East Pacific season. It is the only storm named Iva in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.