Weather of 2022
The following is a list of weather events that occurred (and are occurring) on Earth in the year 2022. The year began with a La Niña. The most common weather events to have a significant impact are blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
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Types
Cold snaps and winter storms
Two significant winter storms happened at the beginning of the year, one in the middle of January and one in early February.
Southern Ontario saw the second snowiest day during the January storm, with schools and airports shutting down.[1] The storm also spawned a brief EF2 tornado, causing several injuries and significant damaage in Iona, Florida.[2]
Two feet of snow fell near Colorado Springs, Colorado during the February winter storm,[3] which also produced several tornadoes.
Heat waves and droughts
Temperatures reached record-breaking highs when they were reported at 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) in Onslow, Western Australia,[4] and 114 °F (46 °C) in Phoenix, Arizona.[5]
Tornadoes
The first tornadic fatality of the year occurred on 3 February, when an EF2 tornado struck Sawyerville, Alabama, killing one person.[6]
A tornado outbreak occurred in Poland with at least 11 tornadoes on 17 February, resulting in 2 fatalities and 5 injuries. 6 of the 11 tornadoes have been rated F2.[7]
Tropical and subtropical cyclones
On 5 January, a tropical disturbance which was designated as 03F formed and was named Cyclone Cody, making it the first system of 2022.[8] Cyclone Tiffany, the second named system of 2022, formed in the Australian region on 9 January and a tropical low which designated as 11U formed on 13 January, as a second system.[9]
Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms
On 10 January, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service named Storm Diomedes, making it the first European Windstorm of the year. The storm killed 1 person, 1 person remains missing. 11 days later, on the 21 January, Storm Elpis formed, 3 people were killed and 18 injured after thousands were trapped by a snowstorm in Turkey.[10] On 28–30 January, Storm Malik hit Europe, killing 6 People. 2 people died in the United Kingdom, and 1 person had died in Denmark, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Over 29 people were killed across Europe when European Windstorms Dudley and Eunice made landfall on 16–17 February (Dudley) and 18 February (Eunice).[11][12][13][better source needed]
Wildfires
The first deadly wildfire of the year was the Boulder County fires, which started in 2021 and finished on January 1, 2022.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, around 10,000 hectares of forest fires are currently burning near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, releasing radioactive air.[14]
Timeline
This is a timeline of weather events during 2022.
January
- December 16, 2021 – January 19, 2022 – Floods in Malaysia, locally called Banjir Shah Alam, caused by Tropical Depression 29W, killed 54 people with two missing and caused over $4.77 billion (2021 USD) in damage across Malaysia.[citation needed]
- December 24, 2021 – January 6, 2022 – Tropical Cyclone Seth killed two people and caused damage across Australia.[15][16]
- December 30, 2021 – January 1, 2022 – Grass fires in Boulder County, Colorado killed one person, left one person missing and injured six others. Wind gusts of 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) were reported and the fire destroyed 1,084 structures and caused $513 million (2022 USD) in damage.[17]
- December 31, 2021 – January 6, 2022 – Floods in Oman killed at least six people.[18]
- January 1–4 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Frida by The Weather Channel, killed five people, caused 428,000 power outages, and caused damage across the United States and Iceland.[19][20]
- January 1–27 – Severe storms and floods in Rwanda killed 15 people and injured 37 others. Seven of the fatalities and 26 of the injuries occurred due to lightning.[21]
- January 3 – A landslide in China killed four people, injured three others, and left nine missing.[22]
- January 4 – Floods in Indonesia killed nine people.[23][24]
- January 5–13 – Cyclone Cody killed one person and caused over $25 million (2022 USD) in damage across Fiji.[25]
- January 7–8 – A blizzard in Murree, Pakistan killed 23 people.[26][27]
- January 8 – A rock collapse in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, caused by heavy rains, killed ten people and injured 32 others.
- January 10 – Floods in East London, South Africa killed 14 people and left hundreds homeless.[28]
- January 10–14 – European Windstorm Diomedes killed one person, with one missing, and caused damage across Greece.[29]
- January 11 – A 37-year-old man was injured by a lightning strike in Greece.[30]
- January 13–19 – A major winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, killed five people, injured 17 others, caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across Canada and the United States.[citation needed]
- January 16 – The storm system produced six tornadoes in Florida, including an EF2 that caused major damage to three mobile home parks near Fort Myers and injured three people.[citation needed]
- January 17 – Ottawa, Canada, recorded 48 centimetres (19 in) of snow, which is the second largest snowstorm on record for Ottawa.[citation needed]
- January 17 – Toronto, Canada, recorded 33 cm of snow, which is the third largest snowfall for Toronto since 1937. The storm prompted the Meteorological Service of Canada to issue the first blizzard warning for Toronto since 1978.[citation needed]
- January 14 – Onslow, Western Australia recorded a temperature of 50.7 °C (123.3 °F), which if verified, would be tied as the highest in the Southern Hemisphere.[31]
- January 18 – Floods in Antananarivo, Madagascar, killed 11 people and left 500 people homeless.[citation needed]
- January 19 – An avalanche in Slovakia killed one person and injured one other.[32]
- January 19–22 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Jasper by The Weather Channel, killed one person, injured two others, and caused damage across the United States.
- January 20 - 29 – Five people die in a cold wave across North America. Four people die to hypothermia near Emerson, Manitoba, Canada.[33] Meanwhile, a fifth person dies in Upstate New York.[34]
- January 20 – René Robert, a Swiss photographer, died from hypothermia in Paris.[35][36]
- January 20 – A series of ice accumulation resulted in 23 injuries in Germany.[37]
- January 20–23 – Heavy rains in Pakistan killed eight people from multiple landslides and building collapses.[38]
- January 20–25 – Tropical Storm Ana killed 142 people and caused over $25 million (2022 USD) damage across Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[39]
- January 21 – An avalanche in Switzerland killed one person.[40]
- January 21–27 – European Windstorm Elpis becomes a rare snowstorm that killed three people and injured 18 others while affecting Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and Turkey.[41] The storm also spawned a rare landspout which later became a snownado.[42]
- January 24 – A series of flash floods in Uganda killed nine people.[43]
- January 24–February 11 – Cyclone Batsirai killed 123 people, injured at least ten others, caused 43,500 power outages and caused at least $190 million (2022 USD) in damage across Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
- January 26 – A landslide in Colombia killed two people.[21]
- January 27 – An avalanche in Turkey killed two people.[44]
- January 27–30 – A nor’easter and blizzard, unofficially named Winter Storm Kenan by The Weather Channel and Blizzard of 2022 by NBC News Boston, killed four people (2 direct and 2 indirect) and caused over 118,000 power outages across the East Coast of the United States.[45][46][47][48][49]
- January 29 – Providence, Rhode Island set a new all time daily snowfall record of 18.8 inches (48 cm), breaking the previous record of 18.3 inches (46 cm) from February 4, 1961.[50]
- January 29 – Boston, Massachusetts, recorded its snowiest day in January on record, and also tied its all time daily snowfall record set on February 17, 2003, with 23.6 inches (60 cm) of snow falling.[51]
- January 28 – A person dies from a cold weather-related incident in New York.[52]
- January 28–30 – European Windstorm Malik, also known as Storm Valtteri and Storm Nadia, killed six people, caused 810,000 power outages and caused damage across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.[53][54][55][56]
- January 28–February 3 – Floods and landslides in Brazil killed 28 people.[57]
- January 29 – Two avalanches in the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains killed two people.[58]
- January 31 – The World Meteorological Organization certified a 477.2-mile-long lightning strike, also dubbed "megaflash", over the southern United States on April 29, 2020, as a new world record for the longest lightning strike.[59]
- January 31 – The World Meteorological Organization certified a 17.1-second-long lightning strike over Uruguay and northern Argentina on June 18, 2020, as a new world record for the longest lasting lightning strike.[59]
- January 31–February 1 – A landslide and floods in Ecuador killed 24 people with nine missing and injured 47 others.[60][61]
- January 31–February 1 – Floods in Haiti killed five people with one missing.[62]
February
- February 1 – A landslide in Mozambique killed five people and injured two others.[63]
- February 1–9 – A winter storm and ice storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Landon and Groundhog Snowstorm, killed eight people (7 winter storm and 1 tornadic), caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across the Central and Midwestern United States and Northern Mexico.[64] Multiple states declared a state of emergency in preparation for the winter storm.
- February 3 – The storm system also produced five tornadoes including three EF2 tornadoes. One of the EF2 tornadoes killed one person and caused damage in Sawyerville, Alabama, which caused the National Weather Service to issue a particularly dangerous situation on the tornado warning.[65]
- February 3 – Wichita Falls, Texas recorded a new daily record snowfall of 1.0 inch, breaking the previous daily snowfall record from 1956.[66]
- February 2 – A power cable collapse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed at least 26 people. The cause is unknown, but lightning is the suspected cause.[67]
- February 2 – Twelve people died from hypothermia in Turkey, during a cold wave.[68]
- February 3 – A geomagnetic storm impacted the areas around the Arctic Ocean and disrupted up to 40 new SpaceX Starlink satellites that were launched earlier in the day.[69] The storm also caused the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) to issue a G1 geomagnetic storm warning.[70]
- February 4 – A series of avalanches killed eight people in Austria.[71][72][73]
- February 5 – An avalanche killed one person and injured four others in Austria.[74]
- February 5 – An avalanche killed one person in Italy.[75]
- February 7 – An avalanche killed two people in France.[76]
- February 7 – An avalanche killed 19 people in Afghanistan.[77]
- February 7 – A landslide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed three people and injured one other.[78]
- February 8 – A landslide in Colombia killed 14 people.[79]
- February 8–13 – Multiple cities in central and southern California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego experienced a record-breaking heat wave. San Francisco recorded 78 °F on February 10, an all-time record for the city for meteorological winter.[80]
- February 10–18 – Tropical Storm Dumako killed 14 people and caused over $1 million (2022 USD) damage across Madagascar.[81]
- February 13–14 – A series of floods in Oman killed one person.[82]
- February 13–15 – A series of floods in Indonesia killed one person and affected over 10,000 people.[83]
- February 14–19 – European Windstorm Dudley killed nine people (7 extratropical cyclonic + 2 tornadic), injured five others, caused 225,000 power outages, and caused damage across Europe. Storm Dudley also spawned a tornado outbreak consisting of 24 tornadoes, with 23 in Poland and Germany and one in Italy. One of the tornadoes in Poland killed two people.[7]
- February 14–19 – European Windstorm Eunice, also known as Storm Zeynep in Germany and Storm Nora in Denmark, killed 17 people, caused over 2.4 million power outages, and caused over €1.3 billion (2021 EUR) in damage across Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
- February 15 – Harsh weather over the Atlantic Ocean killed 21 people, with 11 missing, after capsizing a Spanish fishing boat.[84]
- February 15 – A series of floods in Rio de Janeiro killed at least 231 people with five missing.[85]
- February 15–26 – Cyclone Emnati killed 15 people and caused over $1 million (2022 USD) damage across Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.[86]
- February 18 – Floods in South Africa killed one person.[87]
- February 20–22 – European Windstorm Franklin killed two people and caused damage across the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.
- February 20–22 – A winter storm in Japan killed one person and injured eight others.[88]
- February 20–24 – A series of floods and landslides in Bolivia killed 35 people and left 25 missing.[89]
- February 22 – Heavy rain caused mass floods which killed many people and hundreds of homes in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[90]
- February 22 – A winter storm in Minnesota, United States, killed one person.[91]
- February 23 – A landslide in Colombia killed three people and injured four others.[92]
- February 23– 7 April – A series of major floods in South East Queensland, and Northern Rivers New South Wales Australia killed 22 people and caused over $2.2 Billion in Damages to infrastructure and homes in the state of Queensland alone. Brisbane city, recorded a record 678.8mm of rain over three days.[93][94]
- February 24 – A winter storm in the Southeastern United States killed two people.[95][96]
- February 27 – A landslide in Colombia killed one person.[97]
March
- March - April 29 - A heat wave affects India and Pakistan. Temperatures exceed more than 50 °C (122 °F) and at least 90 people have died.[98][99]
- March 2 – A series of floods in Indonesia killed two people.[100]
- March 5–7 – A tornado outbreak across the Midwestern United States killed seven people from 29 tornadoes, including a low-end EF4 with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h) near Winterset, Iowa that traveled nearly 70 miles, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado warnings. Damage totaled up to $1 billion.[101]
- March 5–17 – Cyclone Gombe killed 72 people, with one missing, and caused over $95 million (2022 USD) damage across Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi.[102]
- March 13–14 – A G2 geomagnetic storm impacted the areas around the Arctic Ocean.[103]
- March 17 – Dense fog on Interstate 57 in Missouri causes a chain reaction of crashes that killed six people.[104]
- March 21–23 – A tornado outbreak and flash flooding event in the Southern and Eastern United States killed five people, two tornadic and 3 non tornadic, and caused $47.7 million in damage. Roughly 75 tornadoes were confirmed, including an EF3 tornado that hit the eastern part of the New Orleans metropolitan area and numerous tornadoes across Texas and Mississippi.[105]
- March 28 - A late season cold snap sets record low temperatures in the Northern United States. It also triggers a snow squall along Interstate 81, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in killing 6. [106]
- March 29–31 – A tornado outbreak across the Southern United States produces many high wind warnings, as well as many tornado warnings. The tornado outbreak caused 3 deaths and $1.3 billion in damage. [107]
- March 29–31 – Tropical Depression 01W killed 6 people and caused damage across Vietnam.[108]
April
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- April 4–7 – A large tornado outbreak in the Southeastern United States, caused many tornadoes, high winds, tornado warnings, one tornado emergency, and three deaths (one tornadic and two non-tornadic). Damage accumulated to $1.3 billion.[109]
- April 8–13 – Tropical Storm Megi killed 214 people, with 132 missing and caused over $90.8 million (2022 USD) damage across Philippines.[110][111]
- April 8–21 – Severe floods killed 435 people and caused over $1.57 billion (2022 USD) damage across South Africa.[112]
- April 11 - 14 - A storm complex caused 2 non tornadic fatalities, 28 tornadic injuries and $2.2 billion in damage.
- April 18 - 19 - A nor’easter in the Northeastern United States kills one person.
- April 29 - During a tornado outbreak, after a storm chase of the EF3 tornado in Andover, 3 storm chasers die when their car skids off the road due to hydroplaning and an oncoming vehicle crushes them. [113]
May
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- 2022 Iraq dust storms[114]
- May 12 – A derecho in the Midwestern United States caused 5 deaths, 13 injuries and $1.3 billion in damage.
- May 14 – Three residents in a senior building died in Chicago due to the intense heat, because the air conditioning would not turn on.[115]
- May 20 – A toddler dies in a heat wave in Memphis when left in the car, as temperatures hit 91 °F (33 °C)[116]
- May 20 – An EF3 tornado in Gaylord, Michigan causes 2 deaths and 44 injuries.[117]
- May 21 – A powerful derecho (thunderstorm and windstorm) struck a swath of Southern Ontario and western Quebec killing 10 people in Ontario and 1 Quebecer who was boating on the Ottawa River.[118][119] Most of the Ontario deaths were the result of falling trees, including single fatalities in Greater Madawaska, Ottawa, Brampton, North Kawartha, Port Hope, Ganaraska Forest in Clarington, Kitchener and Peterborough with one person killed when a tree hit a trailer at Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area south of Cambridge.[118][120] Winds of 132 km/h were recorded in Kitchener, while winds of 120 km/h were recorded in both Toronto and Ottawa.[120][119] By Saturday evening, over 500,000 residences in Ontario and 460,000 residences in Quebec were without power due to wind and rain causing numerous trees and electricity poles to fall down.[118][120][121] Many buildings, cars, electricity polls and hydro transmission towers across Southern Ontario (including over 800 electricity polls and four hydro transmission towers) and in parts of Quebec were damaged by falling trees and branches or by the fierce winds alone.[118][120][121]
- May 22 – Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in northeastern parts of Bangladesh and in the state of Assam, India, leaving millions stranded and 41 dead.[122]
- May 28–31 – Hurricane Agatha became the strongest hurricane to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Mexico in the month of May since records began in 1949.[123] On the afternoon of May 30, the hurricane made landfall just west of Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). Agatha weakened rapidly as it moved inland, and soon dissipated. Heavy rain brought by the storm triggered landslides and flash flooding, killing at least 9 and leaving 6 missing in Oaxaca.[124]
June
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- June 2–6 – Potential Tropical Cyclone One, which later became Tropical Storm Alex, strikes Cuba first, killing 4 people, then strikes Florida, dumping over a foot of rain.[125]
- June 10 – The 2022 Montana floods kill one and cause $29 million, and shut down Yellowstone National Park.[126]
- June 19 – A man died due to hypothermia in Maine.[127]
- June 27 – Japan saw the worst heatwave in 150 years.[128]
July
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- July 3 – The 2022 Marmolada serac collapse, fueled by the European heatwave, kills 11 people and injures 8.
- July 15 – High winds causing a dust storm on Interstate 90 in Montana lead to a car crash killing 6.[129]
- July 20 – Heat records tumbled and firefighters faced new blazes as much of Western Europe baked in a gruelling heatwave.[130]
- July 14–Present — A series of flash floods in Pakistan killed 549 people.
- July 20 – An intense heat wave across the United States kills 19 people.[131]
- July 21 – China endures summer of extreme weather as record rainfall and scorching heat wave cause havoc.[132]
- July 21 - A girl dies due to a falling tree in a severe thunderstorm in Maine.[133]
- July 24–26 – Severe floods began in Missouri on July 24, culminating during July 25 and 26, when St. Louis broke its previous 1915 record for the most rainfall in a span of 24 hours.[134] Governor Mike Parson declared a state of emergency on July 26. Over one hundred people were rescued from floods, and two people were killed.[135]
- July 26 or 27 – A 7 year old girl dies due to a falling tree in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, possibly due to flooding in the area throughout July.[136]
- July 27–28 – Historic flooding occurred in Kentucky, with the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, declaring a state of emergency saying “We are currently experiencing one of the worst, most devastating flooding events in Kentucky's history.”[137] More than 700 homes were flooded as a result of rainfall 600 percent more than normal. [138][139] On July 29, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster existed in Kentucky and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides.[140] At least 37 people have been killed with multiple others still missing.[141]
August
- August 1 – Floods and landslides in the Bugisu and Sebei sub-regions of Eastern Region, Uganda kill at least 10 people.[142]
- August 4 - A lightning strike outside the White House kills three people and injures another.[143]
- August 5 - Flash floods in Death Valley National Park resulted in more than 1,000 visitors and park staff stranded. The 1.46 inches (3.7 cm) of rain there was a record for August. [144]
- August 9 - A thunderstorm knocks down a tree in Georgia, killing 2 people.[145]
See also
Notes
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