Zelda is the 24th name on the 2027, 2029 and 2031 lists of East Pacific hurricane names, so it is next scheduled for 2027. It is used that year only if the season reaches the letter Z. Since 1991, two storms have been named Zelda; the strongest, in 1994, peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon.
No. Zelda is on the 2027, 2029 and 2031 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).
Zelda sits on three of the six East Pacific lists (2027, 2029 and 2031), so it is scheduled every two years. The next scheduled year is 2027.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Zelda is name 24 of 24, and 1 of the 46 East Pacific seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Zelda formed in the West Pacific in October 1994 and peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 16 days.
Super Typhoon Zelda (1994): track and historyZelda formed in the Central Pacific in November 1991 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Hurricane Zelda (1991): track and historyStorms named Zelda 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 Super Typhoon Zelda in 1994, in the West Pacific. It formed on October 25, peaked at 155 mph (250 km/h) and lasted 16 days. It did not make landfall. Zelda is the 24th name on the 2027, 2029 and 2031 lists of East Pacific names. Before that, the name was used in 1991.
Super Typhoon Zelda in 1994 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 super typhoon with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 910 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in October. The weakest of the two, in 1991, peaked at 90 mph (150 km/h).