Vance is the 20th name on the 2026 list of East Pacific hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Rachel; Vance is used this year only if three more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. Since 1990, three storms have been named Vance; the strongest, in 1999, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Vance 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).
Vance can still be used in 2026: the season has handed out 17 names so far, and Vance is name 20. If the season ends first, Vance next comes up in 2032, when the 2026 list returns.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Vance is name 20 of 24, and 6 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Vance formed in the East Pacific in October 2014 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 964 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Hurricane Vance (2014): track and historyVance formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 1999 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb. It made landfall near Palmerston, Australia. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Cyclone Vance (1999): track and historyVance formed in the East Pacific in October 1990 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Hurricane Vance (1990): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance 1999 | Palmerston, Australia | 1999-03-16 21:00 | 30 mph / 45 km/h |
| Vance 1999 | 22.7°S 114.3°E | 1999-03-22 05:00 | 120 mph / 195 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 both 2014 and 1990, Vance was the 20th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Vance 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 Vance in 2014, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 29, peaked at 110 mph (175 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 20th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1999 and 1990.
Cyclone Vance in 1999 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March and made landfall near Palmerston, Australia. The weakest of the three, in 1990, peaked at 100 mph (155 km/h).