Martin is the 13th name on the 2028 list of Atlantic hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter M. Since 1986, three storms have been named Martin; the strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone.
No. Martin is on the 2028 list of Atlantic names, and it is not among the 100 names NHC lists as retired from the Atlantic (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
Martin 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. Martin is name 13 of 21, and 25 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Martin formed in the Atlantic in October 2022 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 932 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Martin (2022): track and historyMartin formed in the Southern Hemisphere in October 1997 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Cyclone Martin (1997): track and historyMartin formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 1986 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It made landfall near Labasa, Fiji. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Cyclone Martin (1986): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin 1986 | Labasa, Fiji | 1986-04-12 09:00 | 85 mph / 135 km/h |
Names 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 2022, Martin was the 13th name used in the Atlantic season.
Storms named Martin 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 Martin in 2022, in the Atlantic. It formed on October 30, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 13th name used in that Atlantic season. Before that, the name was used in 1997 and 1986.
Cyclone Martin in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 945 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in October. The weakest of the three, in 2022, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h).