2022 Atlantic hurricane season (Sassmaster15 & Brickcraft1)

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 2020 and the most destructive since 2016. Despite having Neutral conditions, with the rapid dissipation of El Niño from the previous year and no La Niña to accompany it, the season was active and intense in nature, producing seventeen named storms, nine hurricanes, and five major hurricanes. The normal bounds of the season are from June 1 to November 30, the dates that conventionally delimit tropical cyclone formation in the North Atlantic basin. However, storms can both before and after the pre-defined dates, as demonstrated by Tropical Storms Alex and Bonnie, both of which formed in May. This occurrence is the first of two pre-season tropical cyclones since 2016, and the fourth only-known occurrence since 1951.

The strongest, costliest, and deadliest storm of the season was Hurricane Mason, the most intense Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma. With nearly 1,250 deaths attributed to it, Mason is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 2016's Matthew, as well as the costliest since 2017's Emily. In addition, Mason was the first landfalling Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2007's Felix. This year was also the first occurrence of more than one Category 5 in the basin since 2007, and was the first to feature a Category 5 in the basin since 2019.

Most forecasting groups expected this season to be an above average season, due to a combination of factors including an expected transition to La Niña and warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Main Development Region near Cape Verde. Overall, the forecasts have been fairly accurate.