Winifred is the 21st name on the 2028 list of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2028. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter W. Since 1986, two storms have been named Winifred; the strongest, in 1992, peaked as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. Winifred is on the 2028 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).
Winifred is next scheduled for 2028, when the 2028 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. Winifred is name 21 of 24, and 4 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Winifred formed in the East Pacific in October 1992 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. It made landfall near Manzanillo, Mexico. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Hurricane Winifred (1992): track and historyWinifred formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 1986 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 957 mb. It made landfall near Atherton, Australia. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Cyclone Winifred (1986): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winifred 1992 | Manzanillo, Mexico | 1992-10-09 20:30 | 100 mph / 155 km/h |
| Winifred 1986 | Atherton, Australia | 1986-02-01 09:00 | 100 mph / 155 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 1992, Winifred was the 21st name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Winifred 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 Winifred in 1992, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 6, peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It made landfall near Manzanillo, Mexico. It was the 21st name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 1986.
Hurricane Winifred in 1992 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. It formed in the East Pacific in October and made landfall near Manzanillo, Mexico. The weakest of the two, in 1986, peaked at 105 mph (165 km/h).