Miriam is the 13th name on the 2030 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2030. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter M. Since 1982, six storms have been named Miriam; the strongest, in 2012, peaked as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. Miriam is on the 2030 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).
Miriam is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 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. Miriam is name 13 of 24, and 36 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Miriam formed in the East Pacific in August 2018 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 974 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Miriam (2018): track and historyMiriam formed in the East Pacific in September 2012 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 959 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Miriam (2012): track and historyMiriam formed in the East Pacific in September 2006 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Miriam (2006): track and historyMiriam formed in the East Pacific in September 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 2 days.
Tropical Storm Miriam (2000): track and historyMiriam formed in the East Pacific in September 1994 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Miriam (1994): track and historyMiriam formed in the East Pacific in August 1982 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Miriam (1982): 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 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000 and 1994, Miriam was the 13th name used in the East Pacific season.
Seasons where our archive is missing an earlier name are left out, because we can’t confirm the count.
The most recent was Hurricane Miriam in 2018, in the East Pacific. It formed on August 25, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 13th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994 and 1982.
Hurricane Miriam in 2012 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 959 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in September. The weakest of the six, in 2000, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).