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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2022 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 17 storms · 5 Jun 2022–11 Nov 2022

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY110.5
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2022 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 17 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOCUBABRAZILAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanArabian SeaBay of BengalAlex: 5 Jun–6 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormBonnie: 1 Jul–9 Jul, peak 100 kt, Category 3Colin: 1 Jul–2 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 19 Aug–21 Aug, no US-agency windDanielle: 1 Sep–8 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Earl: 2 Sep–10 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Fiona: 14 Sep–23 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Gaston: 20 Sep–25 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormIan: 23 Sep–30 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Hermine: 23 Sep–24 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 28 Sep–29 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 4 Oct–6 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionJulia: 7 Oct–10 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Karl: 11 Oct–14 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormLisa: 31 Oct–5 Nov, peak 80 kt, Category 1Martin: 1 Nov–3 Nov, peak 75 kt, Category 1Nicole: 8 Nov–11 Nov, peak 65 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alex–60Tropical storm9841,570
Bonnie–100Cat 39645,120
Colin–35Tropical storm1011160
Unnamed–—Unclassified—350
Danielle–75Cat 19723,380
Earl–95Cat 29482,910
Fiona–120Cat 49314,350
Gaston–55Tropical storm9942,200
Ian–140Cat 59372,190
Hermine–35Tropical storm1003520
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1008410
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1007460
Julia–75Cat 19821,400
Karl–50Tropical storm997560
Lisa–80Cat 19851,330
Martin–75Cat 19632,260
Nicole–65Cat 19801,620

17 storms with an IBTrACS 2022 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 5 Jun 2022, last 11 Nov 2022.

Tropical storms14

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)3

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormIan

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure931 hPa

Fiona, 23 Sept 2022

Longest track record15.3 days

Danielle, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2022 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 9 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 14 tropical storms, with 3 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season?

Ian, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 28 Sept 2022, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 937 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2022?

1 storm in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Ian.

When did the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 5 Jun 2022 and the last on 11 Nov 2022, from 17 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season?

Bonnie, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 4 Jul 2022, 00:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the North Atlantic basin for the 2022 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every North Atlantic season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology