Sandra is the 18th name on the 2027 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2027. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter S. Since 1985, four storms have been named Sandra; the strongest, in 2015, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Sandra is on the 2027 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).
Sandra is next scheduled for 2027, when the 2027 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. Sandra is name 18 of 24, and 16 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Sandra formed in the East Pacific in November 2021 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Sandra (2021): track and historySandra formed in the East Pacific in November 2015 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 934 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Hurricane Sandra (2015): track and historySandra formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 2013 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 941 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Cyclone Sandra (2013): track and historySandra formed in the East Pacific in September 1985 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Sandra (1985): 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 2021, 2015 and 1985, Sandra was the 18th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Sandra appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Sandra in 2021, in the East Pacific. It formed on November 7, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 18th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2015, 2013 and 1985.
Hurricane Sandra in 2015 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 934 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in November. The weakest of the four, in 2021, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).