Paine is the 16th name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter P. Since 1986, four storms have been named Paine; the strongest, in 1986, peaked as a Category 2 hurricane.
No. Paine is on the 2028 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).
Paine 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. Paine is name 16 of 24, and 29 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Paine formed in the East Pacific in October 2022 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Paine (2022): track and historyPaine formed in the East Pacific in September 2016 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Hurricane Paine (2016): track and historyPaine formed in the East Pacific in September 1992 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Hurricane Paine (1992): track and historyPaine formed in the East Pacific in September 1986 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h). It made landfall near Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Paine (1986): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paine 1986 | Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico | 1986-10-02 15:00 | 60 mph / 100 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 each of 2022, 2016, 1992 and 1986, Paine was the 16th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Paine in 2022, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 3, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 16th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2016, 1992 and 1986.
Hurricane Paine in 1986 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h). It formed in the East Pacific in September and made landfall near Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico. The weakest of the four, in 2022, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).