Tara is the 19th name on the 2030 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2030. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter T. Since 1982, two storms have been named Tara; the strongest, in 2018, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Tara is on the 2030 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).
Tara is next scheduled for 2030, when the 2030 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. Tara is name 19 of 24, and 9 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Tara formed in the East Pacific in October 2018 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 2 days.
Tropical Storm Tara (2018): track and historyTara formed in the East Pacific in October 1982 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Tara (1982): 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 2018, Tara was the 19th name used in the East Pacific season.
Seasons where our archive is missing an earlier name are left out, because we can’t confirm the count.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Tara in 2018, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 14, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 2 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 19th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1982.
Tropical Storm Tara in 2018 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 two, in 1982, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).