Simon is the 18th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Rachel, so the next storm will be named Simon. Since 1980, four storms have been named Simon; the strongest, in 2014, peaked as a Category 4 hurricane.
No. Simon is on the 2026 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).
Simon can still be used in 2026: the season has handed out 17 names so far, and Simon is name 18. If the season ends first, Simon next comes up in 2032, when the 2026 list returns.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Simon is name 18 of 24, and 16 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Simon formed in the East Pacific in September 2014 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 946 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Simon (2014): track and historySimon formed in the East Pacific in October 1990 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Simon (1990): track and historySimon formed in the East Pacific in October 1984 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Simon (1984): track and historySimon formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 1980 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It made landfall near Taupo, New Zealand. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Cyclone Simon (1980): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon 1980 | Taupo, New Zealand | 1980-03-02 03:00 | 50 mph / 80 km/h |
Names 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 2014, 1990 and 1984, Simon was the 18th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Simon 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 Hurricane Simon in 2014, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 30, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 9 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 18th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1990, 1984 and 1980.
Hurricane Simon in 2014 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 946 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in September. The weakest of the four, in 1984, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).