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The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is the third-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind the 2005 and 2020 season. This is also the first season to use the auxiliary listed provided by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a result of the withdrawal of the entire Greek alphabet which normally continued an exhausted rotated naming list. The season produced a near-record breaking 23 named tropical cyclones, 12 hurricanes which only 4 further attained major hurricane status. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is the most active Atlantic season to not produce a Category 5 hurricane.
The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by convention. However, tropical cyclogenesis is possible at any time of the year, as demonstrated by the formation of Tropical Storm Alex on May 21.
The season's first hurricane, Colin, formed in mid-June in the central Gulf of Mexico and struck the Alabama-Florida Panhandle border. Colin caused three deaths and produced flooding in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, inflicting total damages of near $435 million (2022 USD). Strengthening over the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Owen continued to cause mass evacuations of the United States-Mexico border as over 1 million civilians evacuated as ordered by city mayors and the Texan governor, Greg Abbott. Owen made landfall as a weakening Category 4 but brought devastating storm surges that peaked at 12 feet in depth and brought flooding that inundated poorly-constructed neighborhoods. 42 people were killed as a result and damages alone in the landfall area exceeded $1.7 billion (2022 USD).
Most forecasting agencies projected a near-average or slightly above season, with many expecting near-normal sea surface temperatures but expressing uncertainty about the intensity of El Niño. Ultimately, activity in regards to number of named storms exceeded all forecasts, but the number of hurricanes and major hurricanes remained within the predicted range.
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2022. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2028 season. This was the same list used in the 2016 season, with the exception of the names Martin and Owen, which replaced Matthew and Otto, respectively. The names Martin, Owen, Virginie and Walter were used for the first time this year. As a result of the near-record activity, the auxiliary list was used for the first time with Anne and Bri being used.
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Martin
Nicole
Owen
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
Auxiliary list
Anne
Bri
Carter (unused)
Dana (unused)
Evelyn (unused)
Fallon (unused)
Retirement[]
On March 15, 2022, during the 45th Sessions of the RA IV Hurricane Committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Owen from its rotating name lists due to damages it caused, and it will never be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. It will be replaced with Ozzy for the 2028 season.