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The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a destructive and deadly Atlantic hurricane season. Despite having an average number of named storms, [nb 1] it became the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind only 2017 and 2005, mostly due to Hurricane Ian. The season officially began on June 1, and ended on November 30.
Timeline of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season saw an average number of named storms and hurricanes, and below average number major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale). There were fourteen named storms during the season; eight of them strengthened into a ...
The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through November 30, when tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form in the North Atlantic Ocean. These dates, adopted by convention, encompass the period in each year when most tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the basin.
There are still 12 other storm names on the main list for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which started on June 1 and officially ends Nov. 30.
Radar image of Hurricane Alice (1954–55), the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to span two calendar years at hurricane strength. Climatologically speaking, approximately 97 percent of tropical cyclones that form in the North Atlantic develop between June 1 and November 30 – dates which delimit the modern-day Atlantic hurricane season.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Here is the list of names for 2022, as established by the World Meteorological Organization.
The costliest storms were hurricanes Katrina in August 2005 and Harvey in August 2017; each storm struck the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing $125 billion in damage, much of it from flooding. [nb 1] The most recent North Atlantic names to be retired were Fiona and Ian following the 2022 season.
The most consecutive years to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane each is four, from 2016 to 2019. [ 7 ] A collage of all Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes since 1980. Nine Atlantic hurricanes— Camille, Allen, Andrew, Isabel, Ivan, Dean, Felix, Irma, and Maria —reached Category 5 intensity on more than one occasion; that is, by reaching ...