Madeline is the 13th name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter M. Since 1980, six storms have been named Madeline; the strongest, in 2016, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Madeline is on the 2028 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).
Madeline is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 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. Madeline is name 13 of 24, and 36 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Madeline formed in the East Pacific in September 2022 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Tropical Storm Madeline (2022): track and historyMadeline formed in the East Pacific in August 2016 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Madeline (2016): track and historyMadeline formed in the East Pacific in October 1998 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Madeline (1998): track and historyMadeline formed in the East Pacific in August 1992 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Madeline (1992): track and historyMadeline formed in the East Pacific in September 1986 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Madeline (1986): track and historyMadeline formed in the East Pacific in October 1980 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 1 day.
Tropical Storm Madeline (1980): 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 2022, 2016, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980, Madeline was the 13th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Madeline in 2022, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 11, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 14 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 13th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 1998, 1992, 1986 and 1980.
Hurricane Madeline in 2016 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the six, in 1992, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).