Waldo is the 21st 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 W. Since 1985, two storms have been named Waldo; the strongest, in 1985, peaked as a Category 2 hurricane.
No. Waldo 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).
Waldo 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. Waldo is name 21 of 24, and 4 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Waldo formed in the West Pacific in September 1998 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It made landfall near Owase, Japan. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Waldo (1998): track and historyWaldo formed in the East Pacific in October 1985 and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Hurricane Waldo (1985): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo 1998 | Owase, Japan | 1998-09-21 09:00 | 45 mph / 75 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 1985, Waldo was the 21st name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Waldo 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 Waldo in 1998, in the West Pacific. It formed on September 18, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It made landfall near Owase, Japan. Waldo is the 21st name on the 2027 list of East Pacific names. Before that, the name was used in 1985.
Hurricane Waldo in 1985 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). It formed in the East Pacific in October. The weakest of the two, in 1998, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).