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WESTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2022 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 30 storms · 30 Mar 2022–13 Dec 2022

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY154.6
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2022 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 30 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 30 Mar–31 Mar, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormMalakas: 6 Apr–15 Apr, peak 105 kt, Category 3Megi: 9 Apr–11 Apr, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormChaba: 28 Jun–3 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Aere: 30 Jun–4 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormSongda: 26 Jul–2 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionTrases: 29 Jul–1 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Aug–4 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionMulan: 8 Aug–11 Aug, no US-agency windMeari: 8 Aug–14 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormMa-On: 21 Aug–25 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Tokage: 21 Aug–25 Aug, peak 95 kt, Category 2Hinnamnor: 27 Aug–6 Sep, peak 145 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 30 Aug–31 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMuifa: 3 Sep–15 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Merbok: 10 Sep–15 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Nanmadol: 12 Sep–19 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Talas: 21 Sep–23 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormNoru: 21 Sep–29 Sep, peak 145 kt, Category 5Kulap: 25 Sep–29 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Roke: 27 Sep–1 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Haitang: 12 Oct–17 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNesat: 14 Oct–20 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Sonca: 13 Oct–15 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 14 Oct–16 Oct, no US-agency windUnnamed: 19 Oct–23 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNalgae: 27 Oct–2 Nov, peak 75 kt, Category 1Banyan: 28 Oct–3 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormYamaneko: 11 Nov–14 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormPakhar: 10 Dec–13 Dec, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–35Tropical storm1002800
Malakas–105Cat 39494,320
Megi–40Tropical storm996440
Chaba–75Cat 19671,920
Aere–45Tropical storm9932,840
Songda–30Tropical depression9971,870
Trases–35Tropical storm9921,130
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1001290
Mulan–—Unclassified994870
Meari–35Tropical storm9953,010
Tokage–95Cat 29562,450
Ma-On–65Cat 19841,760
Hinnamnor–145Cat 59114,580
Unnamed–30Tropical depression995370
Muifa–110Cat 39463,160
Merbok–70Cat 19682,600
Nanmadol–135Cat 49162,370
Talas–35Tropical storm9851,890
Noru–145Cat 59141,990
Kulap–75Cat 19633,100
Roke–90Cat 29652,920
Haitang–40Tropical storm9942,680
Sonca–35Tropical storm999570
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,020
Nesat–90Cat 29612,020
Unnamed–30Tropical depression993940
Nalgae–75Cat 19721,540
Banyan–40Tropical storm1001940
Yamaneko–40Tropical storm996660
Pakhar–50Tropical storm9931,440

30 storms with an IBTrACS 2022 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 30 Mar 2022, last 13 Dec 2022.

Tropical storms24

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

Typhoons13

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)5

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormHinnamnor

145 kt · 167 mph / 269 km/h

Lowest pressure911 hPa

Hinnamnor, 31 Aug 2022

Longest track record13.3 days

Muifa, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind2

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2022 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2022 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 13 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 24 tropical storms, with 5 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season?

Hinnamnor, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 145 kt (Category 5) on 31 Aug 2022, 21:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 911 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2022?

2 storms in the 2022 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Hinnamnor, Noru.

When did the 2022 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 30 Mar 2022 and the last on 13 Dec 2022, from 30 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season?

Malakas, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 12 Apr 2022, 12:00 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 Western Pacific 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 typhoon 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 Western Pacific 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