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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 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a destructive and deadly Atlantic hurricane season. Despite having an average number of named storms and below average amount of major hurricanes, [ nb 1 ] it became the fourth-costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind only 2024 , 2005 , and 2017 , mostly due to Hurricane Ian .
The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
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 hurricane, and two of those reached major hurricane ...
Hurricane Ian made landfall on Sept. 27, 2022, on Cuba's Pinar del Rio province as a Category 3 hurricane. The hurricane then set its sights on the United States, making landfall as a Category 4 ...
This season had a sluggish start compared to 2020 and 2021 and ended with 14 named systems, eight of which ‘It only takes one storm': The historic events of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season ...
List of Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes; List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes; List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes; List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes; List of retired Atlantic hurricane names; List of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes; List of wettest ...
The names of Atlantic tropical storms are maintained and updated through a strict procedure by the World Meteorological Organization.