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 intensity. The season officially began on June 1, and ended on November 30. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. No subtropical or tropical development occurred in the Atlantic prior to the start of the season, making this the first since 2014 not to have a pre-season named storm. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Alex, formed on June 5, and the last, Hurricane Nicole, dissipated on November 11.

Tropical cyclone formation ceased for several weeks beginning in early July, and for the first time since 1941 there were no named storm in the Atlantic basin between July 3 and August 30. This season, two systems, Bonnie and Julia, survived the crossover between the Atlantic and Pacific basins. The season's largest and most powerful hurricanes were Fiona and Ian. Fiona brought heavy flooding, significant damage, and loss of life along its path from the Lesser Antilles to Eastern Canada. Ian made landfall in Western Cuba and in Florida, where it hit at Category 4 strength, causing massive storm surge and flooding, along with widespread destruction.

This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included.

The time stamp for each event is first stated using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the 24-hour clock where 00:00 = midnight UTC. The NHC uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. The time zones utilized (east to west) are: Greenwich, Cape Verde, Atlantic, Eastern, and Central. In this timeline, the respective area time is included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (miles, or kilometers), following National Hurricane Center practice. Direct wind observations are rounded to the nearest whole number. Atmospheric pressures are listed to the nearest millibar and nearest hundredth of an inch of mercury. __TOC__

Timeline

June June 1 The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.

June 5

00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 4) at Tropical Storm Alex forms from a low-pressure system about north of Grand Bahama Island. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) at Tropical Storm Alex reaches its peak sustained winds of about south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

June 6 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, June 5) at Tropical Storm Alex reaches a minimum central pressure of about west of Bermuda. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Alex transitions to a post-tropical cyclone about north-northwest of Bermuda, and is later absorbed within a baroclinic zone.

July July 1 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Tropical Storm Bonnie forms from a tropical wave about east-southeast of San Andres Island, Colombia. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) at A tropical depression forms from a low-pressure system about east-southeast of Savannah, Georgia. 23:30 UTC (7:30 p.m. EDT) at The tropical depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Colin as it makes landfall near Hunting Island, South Carolina, while simultaneously reaching peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum central pressure of .

July 2 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, July 1) at Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in southern Nicaragua, about northwest of the Costa Rica–Nicaragua border with sustained winds of . 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) at Tropical Storm Bonnie moves offshore into the Pacific Ocean about southeast of Managua, Nicaragua, exiting the Atlantic basin. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) at Tropical Storm Colin weakens to a tropical depression inland and later dissipates over northeastern South Carolina.

August No tropical cyclones form in the basin during the month of August.

September September 1 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Five forms from an area of low pressure about southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. 12:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. GMT) at Tropical Depression Five strengthens into Tropical Storm Danielle west of the Azores.

September 2 12:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. GMT) at Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about west of Flores Island in the Azores. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST, September 2) at Tropical Storm Earl forms from a tropical wave about east of the northern Leeward Islands.

September 3 06:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. GMT) at Hurricane Danielle weakens to a tropical storm west of Flores Island.

September 4

00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 3) at Tropical Storm Danielle re-strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane west of Flores Island. 18:00 UTC (6:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Danielle attains maximum sustained winds of about west of Flores Island. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Earl intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about south of Bermuda.

September 7 12:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. GMT) at Hurricane Danielle attains a minimum barometric pressure of .

September 8 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 7) at Hurricane Earl intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about south of Bermuda. 06:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. GMT) at Hurricane Danielle weakens to a tropical storm north of Flores Island. 12:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. GMT) at Tropical Storm Danielle transitions into an extratropical cyclone about north of Flores Island, and subsequently dissipates. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about south of Bermuda.

September 9 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Earl re-strengthens to a Category 2 hurricane about east-northeast of Bermuda.

September 10 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 9) at Hurricane Earl attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of several hundred miles southeast of Nova Scotia. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about south of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Earl transitions into a hurricane-force post-tropical cyclone about south of the Avalon Peninsula, and was subsequently absorbed by a mid-latitude low.

September 14 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Seven forms about east of Guadeloupe. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Seven strengthens into Tropical Storm Fiona about east of Guadeloupe.

September 16 23:15 UTC (7:15 p.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Fiona makes landfall in Guadeloupe.°

September 18 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Storm Fiona strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about south-southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico. 19:20 UTC (3:20 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Punta Tocon, Puerto Rico. about south-southeast of Mayaguez, with maximum sustained winds of .

September 19 07:30 UTC (3:30 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of . 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Fiona intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about southeast of Grand Turk Island.

September 20 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Fiona intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane about south-southeast of Grand Turk. 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. AST) at Hurricane Fiona makes landfall on Grand Turk with sustained winds of . 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Eight forms about east of Bermuda. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Gaston.

September 21 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Fiona intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane and simultaneously attains maximum sustained winds of about north-northwest of Grand Turk.

September 22 18:00 UTC (6:00 p.m. GMT) at Tropical Storm Gaston attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of about west-southwest of Flores Island in the Azores.

September 23

00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 22) at Hurricane Fiona attains a minimum barometric pressure of about west-southwest of Bermuda. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Nine forms from a tropical wave about east-northeast of Aruba. 12:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CVT) at Tropical Depression Ten forms from a tropical wave about east-northeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at Hurricane Fiona weakens to a Category 3 hurricane south of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 18:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. CVT) at Tropical Depression Ten strengthens into Tropical Storm Hermine and attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of northeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.

September 24 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 23) at Hurricane Fiona transitions into an extratropical cyclone with winds about southeast of Halifax, and dissipates three days later. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 23) at Tropical Depression Nine strengthens into Tropical Storm Ian about southeast of Jamaica. 12:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CVT) at Tropical Storm Hermine weakens to a tropical depression about northeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.

September 25 00:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. CVT, September 24) at Tropical Depression Hermine degenerates to a post-tropical remnant low about south-southwest of the Canary Islands.

September 26 00:00 UTC (12:00 a.m. GMT) at Tropical Storm Gaston transitions into a post-tropical cyclone, and subsequently dissipates. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Tropical Storm Ian strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane about south-southwest of Grand Cayman.

September 27 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane about 130 mi (205 km) southeast of the western tip of Cuba. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane about south of La Coloma, Pinar del Río, Cuba. 08:30 UTC (4:30 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian makes landfall near La Coloma with sustained winds of .

September 28

00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 27) at Tropical Depression Eleven forms about west of the Cabo Verde Islands. 02:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. EDT, September 27) at Hurricane Ian makes landfall on Dry Tortugas in the Florida Keys with sustained winds of . 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane and simultaneously attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of about 55 mi (90 km) west of Naples, Florida. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian weakens to a Category 4 hurricane. 19:05 UTC (3:05 p.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian makes landfall at Cayo Costa Island, Florida, with sustained winds of . 20:35 UTC (4:35 p.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian makes landfall on mainland Florida near Punta Gorda, with sustained winds of .

September 29 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 28) at Hurricane Ian weakens to a Category 3 hurricane inland about 30 mi (50 km) northeast of Punta Gorda. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian weakens to a Category 1 hurricane inland about 55 mi (90 km) south-southeast of Orlando, Florida. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) at Hurricane Ian weakens to a tropical storm while emerging over the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral, Florida. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) at Tropical Depression Eleven degenerates into a post-tropical remnant low about west of the Cabo Verde Islands.