2022 Atlantic hurricane season (Steven's)

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a relatively active season. The season began on June 1, 2022, and it ended on November 30, 2022, dates of which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, the season exceeded these bounds when Subtropical Storm Matthew existed in early December in the northeast Atlantic. Overall, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season produced 14 tropical cyclones, of which 13 developed into tropical storms; 7 storms attained hurricane intensity, and 3 hurricanes further reached major hurricane status.

The strongest storm was Julia, reaching the incredible 175 mph and an 898 mbar pressure. This destructive Category 5 formed on October 7 and rapidly intensified in the western Caribbean, where it reached its peak strength. Later on, Julia moved across the Yucatan Peninsula, the Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall in Texas, all at a weaker hurricane strength but still strong enough to cause lots of damage. The rest of the major hurricanes were Hurricanes Danielle and Gaston, both reaching Category 4 strength. Danielle formed in the central Atlantic, moved across the Caribbean, and made landfall in Mexico; and Gaston was a Cape-Verde type hurricane with no land effects. Also of note, Hurricanes Earl and Fiona and tropical storms Alex and Hermine also caused plenty of damage throughout their paths, but they never reached hurricane strength. Earl was a Category 2 that struck Florida and Louisiana, and Fiona was a Category 1 that moved through northern Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba and it also struck Florida and Georgia/South Carolina later on. Alex and Hermine were tropical storms that both struck the U.S., Alex in Louisiana and Hermine on the U.S. East Coast. The rest of the storms weren't as damaging, but Hurricanes Becky and Kenny, Tropical Storm Ian, and Tropical Depression Four also affected land to some extent, however, they didn't caused as much damage as the above storms.

June
The season began when Tropical Storm Alex formed in the Gulf of Mexico on June 24. It strengthened to a peak of 60 mph before affecting Louisiana and surrounding areas. Alex was the only storm that formed in June, no other storms came along until July.

July
July saw the formation of Hurricane Becky and Tropical Storm Colin. Hurricane Becky, which was a Category 1, formed in the western Caribbean and affected Central America and Mexico; and Colin, which strengthened to become a strong 65 mph tropical storm, didn't affect land except for slight effects in Bermuda.

August
Activity increased in August, with four storms forming: Tropical Depression Four, Hurricane Danielle, Hurricane Earl, and Hurricane Fiona. Tropical Depression Four formed in the Gulf of Mexico and struck the U.S. Gulf Coast near Mississippi and Danielle was a Category 4 that formed in the central Atlantic, raged through the Caribbean after striking the Windward Islands, and later on, struck the Yucatan Peninsula and Mexico. Earl was a Category 2 that formed near the Bahamas and went through the islands as a TS, struck Florida as a Cat. 1, moved into the Gulf of Mexico (where it reached peak intensity), turned north, and struck Louisiana as a Category 2. Last but not least, Fiona was a Category 1 that formed in the Windward Islands, moved towards Puerto Rico, turned west to pass near Hispaniola, strengthened to a hurricane and passed near Jamaica, made landfall in Cuba, weakened into a tropical storm while entering the Florida Straits, restrengthened to a hurricane before striking Florida, weakened to a TS again after entering the Atlantic, and finally, restrengthened to a hurricane once again before striking South Carolina. Both Earl and Fiona caused damages exceeding $1 billion, but only Earl was retired, with its replacement for 2028 being Ernie.

September
September saw the formation of three storms, Hurricane Gaston and tropical storms Hermine and Ian. Gaston was a classic Cape-Verde type hurricane, reaching Category 4 strength but it didn't affect land at all expect for maybe very slight effects in the Cape-Verde islands while it was only a weak storm. Hermine formed in the western Atlantic and struck North Carolina and the US East Coast, and lastly, Ian formed in the Bay of Campeche and struck Mexico.

October
In October, two storms, Hurricanes Julia and Kenny, formed. Julia was a massive Category 5 that formed in the central Caribbean and affected Jamaica while it was rapidly intensifying. It reached its peak intensity in the western Caribbean, and later on, Julia would strike the Yucatan as a Category 4, weaken into a Cat. 2 once it entered the Gulf of Mexico, restrengthen to a Category 3, make another landfall in Texas as a Category 2, and quickly weaken over US mainland before dissipating in the central US. After that, Kenny, a Category 2, would also form in the western Caribbean, pass near Central America as a Category 1, reach its peak intensity while heading towards Belize, pass near Yucatan and strike Cuba as a Cat. 1, weaken in the Florida Straits, and dissipate in the Bahamas. Julia was the most destructive of the 2 hurricanes, and its name was later retired and replaced by Jasmine for the 2028 season.

November
Only one storm formed in this month, Tropical Storm Lisa. That storm formed north of the Lesser Antilles and started out subtropical, and then it became tropical and reached a peak of 70 mph before dissipating without affecting land.

December/Post-season
A few days after the season ended, Subtropical Storm Matthew formed south of the Azores. It wandered around the area before dissipating without ever becoming tropical or significantly affecting land, except for very slight effects on the westernmost islands of the Azores.

Overall, the 2022 season had a near-average number of storms, but lots of devastation resulted from many of the storms.

Storm names
The following names were used to name tropical cyclones this year. This is the same list used in the 2016 season, expect for Becky and Kenny, which replaced Bonnie and Karl. The names Becky and Kenny were used for the first time this year. Unused names are marked in. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2028 season.

Retirement
In the spring of 2023, at the 45th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association Hurricane Committee, the WMO retired the names Earl and Julia from its rotating name lists. They were replaced by Ernie and Jasmine for the 2028 Atlantic hurricane season.

List for 2028: