Yolanda is the 23rd 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; Yolanda is used this year only if six more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. It is the only storm named Yolanda in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Yolanda 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).
Yolanda 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. Yolanda is name 23 of 24, and 1 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Yolanda formed in the East Pacific in October 1992 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Yolanda (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 1992, Yolanda was the 23rd name used in the East Pacific season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Yolanda in 1992, in the East Pacific. It formed on October 15, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 23rd name used in that East Pacific season. It is the only storm named Yolanda in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.