Timeline of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season

The 2022 Pacific hurricane season was a fairly active tropical cyclone season, with 19 named storm altogether. Ten of those became hurricanes, and four further intensified into major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale). Two of this season's storms, Bonnie and Julia, survived the overland crossover from the Atlantic.[1] The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific—east of 140°W—and June 1 in the central Pacific—between the International Date Line and 140°W, and ended in both regions on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the eastern Pacific basin.[2] The season's first storm, Agatha, formed on May 28, and last, Roslyn, dissipated on October 23. Rosyln made landfall in Nayarit with 120 mph (195 km/h) winds, making it the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane since Patricia in 2015.[3] The season's first major hurricane, Bonnie, entered into the basin from the Atlantic basin on July 2, after crossing Nicaragua as a tropical storm, becoming the first storm to survive the crossover from the Atlantic to the Pacific since Otto in 2016.[4] Three months later, Julia became the second to do so.[5]

Timeline of the
2022 Pacific hurricane season
A map of the tracks of all the storms of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season.
Season summary map
Season boundaries
First system formedMay 28, 2022
Last system dissipatedOctober 23, 2022
Strongest system
NameDarby
Maximum winds140 mph (220 km/h)
(1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure953 mbar (hPa; 28.14 inHg)
Longest lasting system
NameCelia
Duration12 days
Storm articles
Other years
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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.

By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC).[6] Tropical cyclone advisories in the Eastern North Pacific basin use both UTC and the nautical time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. Time zones utilized (east to west) are: Central, Mountain, Pacific and Hawaii. In this timeline, all information is listed by UTC first, with the respective regional time zone included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knots, 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.

Timeline edit

Hurricane Roslyn (2022)Hurricane Julia (2022)Hurricane Orlene (2022)Tropical Storm Lester (2022)Hurricane Kay (2022)Hurricane Bonnie (2022)Hurricane Blas (2022)Hurricane AgathaSaffir–Simpson scale

May edit

May 15

  • The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially begins.[2]

May 28

May 29

May 30

 
Satellite loop of Hurricane Agatha making landfall in Oaxaca on May 30

May 31

June edit

June 1

  • The Central Pacific hurricane season officially begins.[2]

June 14

June 15

June 16

 
Hurricane Blas displaying an eye off the coast of southwestern Mexico on June 16

June 17

June 18

June 21

June 24

June 28

July edit

July 2

July 4

July 5

 
Hurricane Bonnie while at Category 3 strength off the coast of southwestern Mexico on July 5

July 7

July 8

July 9

July 11

July 12

July 13

 
Hurricane Darby while a Category 3 major hurricane for a second time on July 13

July 14

July 15

July 16

July 17

July 19

July 21

July 26

July 27

 
Left to right: Tropical Storm Georgette and Tropical Storm Frank on July 28

July 29

  • 06:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. PDT, July 28) at 15°24′N 121°18′W / 15.4°N 121.3°W / 15.4; -121.3 – Tropical Storm Georgette attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 998 mbar (29.47 inHg), about 900 mi (1,445 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.[18]

July 30

July 31

August edit

August 1

August 2

August 3

August 6

August 7

August 8

 
Hurricane Howard off the Baja California peninsula coast on August 8

August 9

August 10

August 11

August 13

August 15

  • 12:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. MDT) at 17°48′N 113°30′W / 17.8°N 113.5°W / 17.8; -113.5 – Tropical Depression Ten-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Ivette, and simultaneously attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 1005 mbar (29.68 inHg), about 425 mi (685 km) south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.[20]

August 16

September edit

September 1

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

September 7

 
Hurricane Kay on September 7

September 8

September 9

September 15

September 16

September 17

September 19

  • 12:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. MDT) at 20°30′N 108°42′W / 20.5°N 108.7°W / 20.5; -108.7 – Tropical Storm Madeline attains peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 991 mbar (29.26 inHg), about 175 mi (280 km) south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.[27]

September 20

September 21

September 22

September 24

September 25

September 28

September 29

October edit

October 1

October 2

 
Hurricane Orlene at near-peak strength approaching western Mexico on October 2

October 3

October 4

October 5

October 10

October 20

October 22

October 23

 
Satellite loop of Hurricane Roslyn making landfall in Nayarit and then rapidly weakening on October 23

October 24

November edit

  • No tropical cyclones formed in the basin during the month of November.

November 30

  • The 2022 Pacific hurricane season officially ends in the Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific basins.[2]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ This large and complex area of disturbed weather eventually became Tropical Storm Alex.[7]
  2. ^ The National Hurricane Center monitored Ivette's remnants for possible regeneration from August 20 to August 21, when environmental conditions became increasingly unfavorable for further development.[21][22]

References edit

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