Neki is the 8th name on Central Pacific list 3. 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 Neki comes 23 names after it. It is the only storm named Neki in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Neki is on Central Pacific list 3, 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; Neki comes 23 names after it.
Neki formed in the Central Pacific in October 2009 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Neki (2009): track and historyNeki is name 8 of 12 on Central Pacific list 3. 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 Hurricane Neki in 2009, in the Central Pacific. It formed on October 15, peaked at 125 mph (205 km/h) and lasted 12 days. It did not make landfall. Neki is name 8 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Neki in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.