Terry is the 19th 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 T. Since 1985, two storms have been named Terry; the strongest, in 1985, peaked as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. Terry 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).
Terry 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. Terry is name 19 of 24, and 9 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Terry 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 1006 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Tropical Storm Terry (2021): track and historyTerry formed in the East Pacific in September 1985 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Terry (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 both 2021 and 1985, Terry was the 19th name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Terry in 2021, in the East Pacific. It formed on November 2, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 19th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1985.
Hurricane Terry in 1985 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). It formed in the East Pacific in September. The weakest of the two, in 2021, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).