Pewa is the 10th 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 Pewa comes 25 names after it. It is the only storm named Pewa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Pewa 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; Pewa comes 25 names after it.
Pewa formed in the Central Pacific in August 2013 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 12 days.
Hurricane Pewa (2013): track and historyPewa is name 10 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 Pewa in 2013, in the Central Pacific. It formed on August 15, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h) and lasted 12 days. It did not make landfall. Pewa is name 10 on Central Pacific list 3. It is the only storm named Pewa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.