Karina is the 11th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it has been used in 2026: Hurricane Karina formed on August 25. The list comes back in 2032, when Karina is used only if the season reaches the letter K. Since 2008, four storms have been named Karina; the strongest, in 2026, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Karina is on the 2026 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).
Karina is next scheduled for 2032, when the 2026 list comes back. 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. Karina is name 11 of 24, and 42 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Karina formed in the East Pacific in August 2026 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Hurricane Karina (2026): track and historyKarina formed in the East Pacific in September 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Karina (2020): track and historyKarina formed in the East Pacific in August 2014 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 983 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 16 days.
Hurricane Karina (2014): track and historyKarina formed in the East Pacific in September 2008 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Karina (2008): 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 2026, 2020, 2014 and 2008, Karina was the 11th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Karina in 2026, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 25, peaked at 145 mph (230 km/h) and lasted 13 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 11th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2020, 2014 and 2008.
Hurricane Karina in 2026 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the four, in 2008, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).