Marie is the 13th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it has been used in 2026: Hurricane Marie formed on August 29. The list comes back in 2032, when Marie is used only if the season reaches the letter M. Since 1984, seven storms have been named Marie; the strongest, in 2014, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.
No. Marie is on the 2026 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).
Marie is next scheduled for 2032, when the 2026 list comes back. 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. Marie is name 13 of 24, and 36 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Marie formed in the East Pacific in August 2026 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 967 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Marie (2026): track and historyMarie formed in the East Pacific in September 2020 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 13 days.
Hurricane Marie (2020): track and historyMarie formed in the East Pacific in August 2014 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 918 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Marie (2014): track and historyMarie formed in the East Pacific in October 2008 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 984 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 18 days.
Hurricane Marie (2008): track and historyMarie formed in the West Pacific in May 1997 and peaked as a Category 2 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Typhoon Marie (1997): track and historyMarie formed in the East Pacific in September 1990 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 944 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Hurricane Marie (1990): track and historyMarie formed in the East Pacific in September 1984 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 6 days.
Hurricane Marie (1984): 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 2026, 2020, 2014, 2008, 1990 and 1984, Marie was the 13th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Marie appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Hurricane Marie in 2026, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 29, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h) and lasted 10 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 13th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2020, 2014, 2008, 1997, 1990 and 1984.
Hurricane Marie in 2014 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 918 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in August. The weakest of the seven, in 2008, peaked at 80 mph (130 km/h).