Keoni is the 5th name on Central Pacific list 2. 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 Keoni comes 8 names after it. It is the only storm named Keoni in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Keoni is on Central Pacific list 2, 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; Keoni comes 8 names after it.
Keoni formed in the Central Pacific in August 1993 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 26 days.
Hurricane Keoni (1993): track and historyKeoni is name 5 of 12 on Central Pacific list 2. 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 Keoni in 1993, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 9, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 26 days. It did not make landfall. Keoni is name 5 on Central Pacific list 2. It is the only storm named Keoni in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.