2022 North Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Ian 2022
Recorded track and intensity from Sep 22, 2022 to Oct 1, 2022
Drag to pan. Pinch or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll to zoom. Keyboard: plus or minus to zoom, arrow keys to pan, and 0 to show the full track.
161 mph
Sep 28, 2022 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
Track and intensity summary
Ian is listed in the North Atlantic basin for the 2022 season. Its archived track begins on Sep 22, 2022, 06:00 PM UTC at 12.3°N, 66.3°W. The first observation lists sustained winds of 35 mph. These dates describe the available observations, which may include stages before and after the tropical cyclone phase.
The first Category 5 observation appears on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC. The highest recorded tropical-stage one-minute sustained wind is 161 mph, first recorded on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC at 26°N, 82.7°W. The minimum recorded tropical-stage central pressure is 937 hPa on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC.
The full record spans 204 hours and approximately 2,520 mi along the recorded center positions. The last recorded position is 35.3°N, 79.7°W on Oct 1, 2022, 06:00 AM UTC. The final tropical-stage observation is earlier, on Sep 30, 2022, 09:00 PM UTC.
IMPACT
Reported impact
| Deaths | 84 |
|---|---|
| Areas affected | Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Netherlands, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela |
US impacts by state
Selected NOAA Storm Events records for hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge events during this storm's archived track. Deaths and injuries include reported direct and indirect impacts. These records are incomplete, particularly for indirect deaths, and are not storm-wide totals. Other hazards and impacts outside the US are excluded.
| State or territory | Deaths | Injuries | Property damage (event-year USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 114 | 0 | Not fully reported |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | Not fully reported |
| North Carolina | 4 | 0 | $21,585,000.00 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 3 | Not fully reported |
Property damage is reported in dollars of the event year, without inflation adjustment; crop damage is excluded. A missing value is not zero. These figures do not replace the storm-wide estimates elsewhere on this page.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Further reading
Official report (PDF) — National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone Report.
QUICK ANSWERS
Ian in brief
What was Hurricane Ian's highest wind speed?
161 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC.
What category was Hurricane Ian?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Hurricane Ian's lowest pressure?
937 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC.
When did Hurricane Ian occur?
The archived track runs from Sep 22, 2022, 06:00 PM UTC to Oct 1, 2022, 06:00 AM UTC, with the tropical stage from Sep 23, 2022, 06:00 AM UTC to Sep 30, 2022, 09:00 PM UTC.
Where did Hurricane Ian form?
In the North Atlantic basin, in the 2022 season. Its first archived position is 12.3°N, 66.3°W on Sep 22, 2022, 06:00 PM UTC.
Did Hurricane Ian make landfall?
The archive places its center over land at 3 recorded positions; the strongest is 144 mph on Sep 28, 2022, 08:35 PM UTC. Positions are six-hourly, so this is not a landfall chronology.
How many people died in Hurricane Ian?
84 deaths are recorded by Wikidata.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology