Xavier is the 22nd name on the 2026, 2028 and 2030 lists of East Pacific hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Rachel; Xavier is used this year only if five more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. Since 1992, three storms have been named Xavier; the strongest, in 2006, peaked as a Category 4 cyclone.
No. Xavier is on the 2026, 2028 and 2030 lists 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).
Xavier sits on three of the six East Pacific lists (2026, 2028 and 2030), so it is scheduled every two years. The next scheduled year is 2026.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Xavier is name 22 of 24, and 3 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Xavier formed in the East Pacific in November 2018 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Xavier (2018): track and historyXavier formed in the Southern Hemisphere in October 2006 and peaked as a Category 4 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 927 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Cyclone Xavier (2006): track and historyXavier formed in the East Pacific in October 1992 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 1 day.
Tropical Storm Xavier (1992): track and historyNames 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 both 2018 and 1992, Xavier was the 22nd name used in the East Pacific season.
Storms named Xavier 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 Xavier in 2018, in the East Pacific. It formed on November 2, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 22nd name used in that East Pacific season. Before that, the name was used in 2006 and 1992.
Cyclone Xavier in 2006 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 927 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in October. The weakest of the three, in 1992, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).