Pali is the 10th name on Central Pacific list 4. 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 Pali comes 37 names after it. It is the only storm named Pali in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Pali is on Central Pacific list 4, 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; Pali comes 37 names after it.
Pali formed in the Central Pacific in January 2016 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Pali (2016): track and historyPali is name 10 of 12 on Central Pacific list 4. 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 Pali in 2016, in the Central Pacific. It formed on January 6, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. Pali is name 10 on Central Pacific list 4. It is the only storm named Pali in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.