Seymour is the 18th name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter S. Since 1992, two storms have been named Seymour; the strongest, in 2016, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Seymour is on the 2028 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).
Seymour is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 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. Seymour is name 18 of 24, and 16 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Seymour formed in the East Pacific in October 2016 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Seymour (2016): track and historySeymour formed in the East Pacific in September 1992 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Seymour (1992): 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 both 2016 and 1992, Seymour was the 18th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Seymour in 2016, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 22, peaked at 150 mph (240 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 18th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1992.
Hurricane Seymour in 2016 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in October. The weakest of the two, in 1992, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h).