Kristy is the 11th name on the 2030 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2030. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter K. Since 1982, eight storms have been named Kristy; the strongest, in 2024, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
No. Kristy is on the 2030 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).
Kristy is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 list is used. 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. Kristy is name 11 of 24, and 42 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Kristy formed in the East Pacific in October 2024 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 926 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Kristy (2024): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Kristy (2018): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in September 2012 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Kristy (2012): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 2006 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Kristy (2006): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Kristy (2000): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 1994 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Kristy (1994): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 1988 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 976 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Kristy (1988): track and historyKristy formed in the East Pacific in August 1982 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Kristy (1982): 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 2024, 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994 and 1988, Kristy was the 11th name used in the East Pacific season.
Seasons where our archive is missing an earlier name are left out, because we can’t confirm the count.
The most recent was Hurricane Kristy in 2024, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 21, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 11th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994, 1988 and 1982.
Hurricane Kristy in 2024 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 926 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in October. The weakest of the eight, in 2000, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).