Willa is the 21st 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 W. It is the only storm named Willa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Willa 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).
Willa 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. Willa is name 21 of 24, and 4 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Willa formed in the East Pacific in October 2018 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 925 mb. It made landfall near Isla del Bosque, Mexico. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Hurricane Willa (2018): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willa 2018 | Isla del Bosque, Mexico | 2018-10-24 01:30 | 115 mph / 185 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, Willa was the 21st name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Hurricane Willa in 2018, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 19, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It made landfall near Isla del Bosque, Mexico. It was the 21st name used in that East Pacific season. It is the only storm named Willa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.