Moke is the 7th name on Central Pacific list 1. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Moke comes 46 names after it. Since 1984, two storms have been named Moke; the strongest, in 2026, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Moke is on Central Pacific list 1, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Moke comes 46 names after it.
Moke formed in the Central Pacific in August 2026 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Moke (2026): track and historyMoke formed in the Central Pacific in September 1984 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 2 days.
Tropical Storm Moke (1984): track and historyMoke is name 7 of 12 on Central Pacific list 1. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Moke in 2026, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 18, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. Moke is name 7 on Central Pacific list 1. Before that, the name was used in 1984.
Tropical Storm Moke in 2026 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It formed in the Central Pacific in August. The other, in 1984, reached the same peak wind.