2006 WMHB Pacific hurricane season (Cooper)

The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was the most active Pacific hurricane season since 1997, with 23 named storms, 15 hurricanes, and 8 major hurricanes forming. The season officially started on May 15, 2006 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 2006 in the central Pacific, while the season ended in both basins on November 30, 2006. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin.

Storm names
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the Northeastern Pacific in 2006. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2012 season. This was the same list used in the 2000 season. The name Vicente was used for the first time this year.

Retirement
On April 4, 2007, at the 28th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Lane from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths it caused, and it will not be used again for another Pacific hurricane. Lane was replaced with Luke for the 2012 season.

Due to its extreme intensity and impacts on Johnston Atoll, the name Lana was retired, and it will not be used again for another Pacific hurricane. Lana was replaced with Lehua on the Central Pacific name lists.