Mario is the 13th name on the 2031 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2031. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter M. Since 2019, two storms have been named Mario; the strongest, in 2019, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Mario is on the 2031 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).
Mario is next scheduled for 2031, when the 2031 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. Mario is name 13 of 24, and 36 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Mario formed in the East Pacific in September 2025 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Mario (2025): track and historyMario formed in the East Pacific in September 2019 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 8 days.
Tropical Storm Mario (2019): 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 both 2025 and 2019, Mario was the 13th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Mario in 2025, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 11, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 13th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2019.
Tropical Storm Mario in 2019 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in September. The weakest of the two, in 2025, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).