The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season ended Wednesday and while the numbers show it to be a fairly seasonable year, the way in which that happened with anything but typical.
14 named storms, eight hurricanes and two major hurricanes (category three, four of five storms) occurred. That's slightly below average and lower than most spring and summer forecasts from government and private sources.
Martin replaces Hurricane Matthew, which was retired by the WMO from the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Nicole
When is the peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic?
Owen
Owen replaces Hurricane Otto, which was retired by the WMO after the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Paula
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
Here's the 2022 list in one graphic
AccuWeather
If we get past Walter, here's the supplemental list of storm names
2005, 2020 and 2021 all exhausted the original Atlantic Tropical Cyclone list. Originally, the National Hurricane Center moved to the Greek alphabet. However, after confusion in the Greek names and retirement of storms worthy enough to do so, a list of supplemental names in English or Spanish is used.Â
World Meteorological Organization
Click below to see the hurricane season forecast by Colorado State University
AccuWeather also predicts an above average hurricane season, they talked with us
Expect another above-average tropical season in the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey will need to watch for a close call. 16 to 20 tropical storms, 6 to 8 of them hurricanes and 3 to 5 of them major hurricanes is expected. Meteorologist Joe Martucci has long-time AccuWeather tropical expert Dan Kottlowski on the podcast to talk about that, growing up in rural Indiana and his map splits of the Garden State.
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