2002 WMHB Pacific hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2002 Pacific hurricane season was an above-average and destructive Pacific hurricane season that produced 19 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. The season officially began on May 15, 1998 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 1998 in the central Pacific, while the season ended in both basins on November 30, 1998. 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 2002. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2008 season. This was the same list used in the 1996 season, with the exception of Horatio, which replaced Hernan, and was used for the first time this year.