Kilo is the 5th name on Central Pacific list 4. 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 Kilo comes 32 names after it. It is the only storm named Kilo in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Kilo is on Central Pacific list 4, 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; Kilo comes 32 names after it.
Kilo formed in the Central Pacific in August 2015 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 27 days.
Hurricane Kilo (2015): track and historyKilo is name 5 of 12 on Central Pacific list 4. 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 Kilo in 2015, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 17, peaked at 140 mph (220 km/h) and lasted 27 days. It did not make landfall. Kilo is name 5 on Central Pacific list 4. It is the only storm named Kilo in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.