The name Hector has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: * Hurricane Hector (1978) – a Category 4 hurricane * Hurricane Hector (1982) – a Category 1 hurricane * Hurricane Hector (1988) – a Category 4 hurricane; strongest of its season * Tropical Storm Hector (1994) – a tropical storm that affected the Baja California Peninsula * Hurricane Hector (2000) – a Category 1 hurricane whose remnants affected Hawaii * Hurricane Hector (2006) – a Category 2 hurricane that did not affect land * Tropical Storm Hector (2012) – a tropical storm that affected Southwestern Mexico * Hurricane Hector (2018) – a long-lived and strong Category 4 hurricane that crossed into the Western Pacific as a minimal tropical storm.