Walaka is the 12th 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 Walaka comes 39 names after it. It is the only storm named Walaka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Walaka 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; Walaka comes 39 names after it.
Walaka formed in the Central Pacific in September 2018 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 921 mb. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Hurricane Walaka (2018): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walaka 2018 | 24.1°N 166.8°W | 2018-10-04 06:20 | 125 mph / 205 km/h |
Walaka is name 12 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 Walaka in 2018, in the Central Pacific. It formed on September 26, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. Walaka is name 12 on Central Pacific list 4. It is the only storm named Walaka in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.