Pilar is the 16th name on the 2029 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2029. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter P. Since 1987, three storms have been named Pilar; the strongest, in 2023, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Pilar is on the 2029 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).
Pilar is next scheduled for 2029, when the 2029 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. Pilar is name 16 of 24, and 29 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Pilar formed in the East Pacific in October 2023 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Tropical Storm Pilar (2023): track and historyPilar formed in the East Pacific in September 2017 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Pilar (2017): track and historyPilar formed in the East Pacific in September 1987 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Pilar (1987): track and historyNames 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 2023, 2017 and 1987, Pilar was the 16th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Pilar in 2023, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 28, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 10 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 16th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2017 and 1987.
Tropical Storm Pilar in 2023 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in October. The weakest of the three, in 1987, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).