Tropical Storm Olaf

The name Olaf has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific.

The name is used on the modern six-year lists:

  • Hurricane Olaf (1985), never threatened land
  • Tropical Storm Olaf (1997), made landfall twice
  • Hurricane Olaf (2003), made landfall in Mexico as a tropical storm
  • Tropical Storm Olaf (2009), approached Baja California
  • Hurricane Olaf (2015), moved into the Central Pacific and then back into the Eastern Pacific while still tropical

The name Olaf was also used for one tropical cyclone in the Southwest Pacific:

  • Cyclone Olaf, a 2005 Category 5 cyclone that affected Samoa
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