Vicente is the 20th 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 V. Since 2005, three storms have been named Vicente; the strongest, in 2012, peaked as a Category 4 typhoon.
No. Vicente 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).
Vicente 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. Vicente is name 20 of 24, and 6 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Vicente formed in the East Pacific in October 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb. It made landfall near La Mira, Mexico. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Vicente (2018): track and historyVicente formed in the West Pacific in July 2012 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb. It made landfall near Taishan, China. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Typhoon Vicente (2012): track and historyVicente formed in the West Pacific in September 2005 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It made landfall near Cẩm Xuyên, Vietnam. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Vicente (2005): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente 2018 | La Mira, Mexico | 2018-10-23 13:30 | 30 mph / 45 km/h |
| Vicente 2012 | Taishan, China | 2012-07-23 21:00 | 115 mph / 185 km/h |
| Vicente 2005 | Cẩm Xuyên, Vietnam | 2005-09-18 09:00 | 55 mph / 90 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 2018, Vicente was the 20th name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Vicente 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 Tropical Storm Vicente in 2018, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 19, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It made landfall near La Mira, Mexico. It was the 20th name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2012 and 2005.
Typhoon Vicente in 2012 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 937 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in July and made landfall near Taishan, China. The weakest of the three, in 2018, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).