Ulika is the 11th name on Central Pacific list 4. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Ulika comes 38 names after it. It is the only storm named Ulika in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Ulika is on Central Pacific list 4, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Ulika comes 38 names after it.
Ulika formed in the East Pacific in September 2016 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Hurricane Ulika (2016): track and historyUlika is name 11 of 12 on Central Pacific list 4. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Hurricane Ulika in 2016, in the East Pacific. It formed on September 25, peaked at 75 mph (120 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It did not make landfall. Ulika is name 11 on Central Pacific list 4. It is the only storm named Ulika in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.