Ramon is the 17th 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 R. Since 1987, three storms have been named Ramon; the strongest, in 1987, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Ramon 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).
Ramon 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. Ramon is name 17 of 24, and 26 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Ramon formed in the East Pacific in November 2023 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Ramon (2023): track and historyRamon formed in the East Pacific in October 2017 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Ramon (2017): track and historyRamon formed in the East Pacific in October 1987 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Ramon (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, Ramon was the 17th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Ramon in 2023, in the East Pacific. It formed on November 21, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 6 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 17th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2017 and 1987.
Hurricane Ramon in 1987 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). It formed in the East Pacific in October. The weakest of the three, in 2023, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).