2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was an average season in terms of tropical developments. The season also featured many notable storms, the most notable being Hurricane Ian which hit Florida in late September and caused over $100B in damages. Other notable storms are Alex, Bonnie, Danielle, Fiona, Hermine, Julia, Lisa, and Nicole.

**Strongest Storm by winds: Hurricane Ian**

**Intensity: 155mph/936mb**

**Strongest Storm by pressure: Hurricane Fiona**

**Intensity: 140mph/930mb**

Tropical Depressions: 16

Tropical Storms: 14

Hurricanes: 8

Majors: 2

Damages: $129.8B

Deaths: 352

The season began with Tropical Storm Alex, which formed from the remnants of Hurricane Agatha and crossed over Mexico, before eventually passing over south Florida and becoming a tropical storm and nearly a hurricane. Tropical Storm Bonnie was the first storm to cross basins from the Atlantic to Eastern Pacific since Hurricane Otto in 2016. Tropical Storm Colin was a short lived tropical storm that caused minimal damage on the eastern US. Hurricane Danielle became the first hurricane of the season in early September peaking as a high-end Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane Earl followed and peaked as a high-end Category 2 a few days after Danielle. Hurricane Fiona followed and made landfall in Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic, causing severe damage, Fiona then peaked as a mid-range Category 4 in the open Atlantic before making landfall in Canada as a Category 3-equivalent extratropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Gaston was generally weak throughout it's life but peaked after a period of quick intensification as a high-end tropical storm. Hurricane Ian came next and made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 on September 26, it then rapidly intensified as it made landfall in Florida at it's peak, as a high-end Category 4 with winds of 155mph and a pressure of 936mb. It then rapidly weakened and made landfall in South Carolina on October 2 as a Category 1 and dissipated. Hermine was a deadly storm that killed 33 people on the east coast of Africa, due to it's extreme rainfall. Hurricane Julia was also a deadly storm that peaked as a low-end Category 2 as it made landfall in Nicaragua and killed 89 people, it then crossed to the Eastern Pacific. Karl formed the remnants of Julia and made landfall in Mexico as a fairly weak storm. Hurricane Lisa caused minimal damage in central America when it hit as a Category 1, at the same time, Hurricane Martin was in the open Atlantic and peaked as a high-end Category 1, Hurricane Nicole was the final storm of the season and caused $1B in damages and 11 fatalities when it made landfall near Miami, Florida.

**STORMS**

Tropical Storm Alex

On May 31, the remnants of Hurricane Agatha spawned a tropical wave over central Belize and moved out into the Caribbean Sea early on June 1 and passed between Mexico and the island of Ambergris Cay. It then moved over Cozumel and Mexico on June 2. The low then moved off Mexico on June 3 and was designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone 01L. The low then moved relatively quickly across the Gulf of Mexico and moved over south Florida and moved off the west coast the same night. 01L became Tropical Storm Alex around midnight on June 5 about 90 miles north of Grand Bahama.