1997 WMHB Pacific hurricane season (Cooper)

The 1997 Pacific hurricane season was a very active Pacific hurricane season, with 22 named storms, 13 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes forming. The season officially began on May 15, 1997 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 1997 in the central Pacific, while the season ended in both basins on November 30, 1997. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin and are adopted by convention.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the Northeastern Pacific in 1997. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2003 season. This was the same list used in the 1991 season, with the exception of Felicia, which replaced Fefa, and was used for the first time this year.

Retirement
In the spring of 1998, at the 20th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names Pauline and Sandra from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths they caused, and they will not be used again for another Pacific hurricane. They were replaced with Patricia and Sarah for the 2003 season.