Lala is the 6th name on Central Pacific list 1. 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 Lala comes 45 names after it. Since 1984, two storms have been named Lala; the strongest, in 2026, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Lala is on Central Pacific list 1, 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; Lala comes 45 names after it.
Lala formed in the Central Pacific in August 2026 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 947 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 18 days.
Hurricane Lala (2026): track and historyLala formed in the East Pacific in August 1984 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Lala (1984): track and historyLala is name 6 of 12 on Central Pacific list 1. 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 Lala in 2026, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 10, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 18 days. It did not make landfall. Lala is name 6 on Central Pacific list 1. Before that, the name was used in 1984.
Hurricane Lala in 2026 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 947 mb. It formed in the Central Pacific in August. The weakest of the two, in 1984, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).