June 2022 Tropical Cyclones Report

Summary

Five named tropical storms occurred across the globe during June, which is near normal. Only one of those, Hurricane Blas, reached tropical cyclone strength (74 mph) during June, although two storms that formed in June later reached that strength in July. The global accumulated cyclone energy (ACE: an integrated metric of the strength, frequency, and duration of tropical storms) was near normal. The global activity for January through June also remains near normal by most metrics.

The Atlantic had its first named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alex. Alex was only a tropical storm for about 30 hours, but it nearly reached hurricane strength (74 mph). A second storm, Hurricane Bonnie, was only a potential tropical cyclone in June despite its 40 mph winds. It became the Atlantic's second named storm on July 1 before crossing Central America and becoming a hurricane in the East Pacific. The Atlantic activity for June was near normal.

The East Pacific had two named storms in June, including Hurricane Blas. This activity is near normal. The ACE for the East Pacific is above normal for both June and for the January through June.

The West Pacific only had one named storm, Tropical Storm Chaba, which formed on June 30. As a result, the ACE was near zero for June, and most activity was below normal. June is the beginning of the active season for the West Pacific, so the activity for January through June is below average.

No named storms were active in any other basin, which is typical for June.

North Atlantic

June 2022 North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones

Name	Maximum CategoryMax Cat	Dates >39 mph	Maximum Sustained Winds	Minimum Central Pressure
Alex	TS	June 3Jun 3-6	70 mph	984 mb
Bonnie	2	June 27-July 5Jun 27-Jul 5	105 mph†‡	974 mb†‡
†Value occurred in July
‡Value occurred in the Eastern North Pacific

North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1851-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	1	0.9 (9 in 10 Junes)	10th (tied with 15 other Junes)	3 (7 Junes)
Hurricane Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	6th (tied with 36 other Junes)	3 (1886)
Major Hurricane Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	1st (tied with 41 other Junes)	1 (1957, 1966)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	4.4	1.5	6th	20.6 (1886)

North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Season Counts January-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1851-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	1	1.3	15th (tied with 13 other seasons)	4 (2012, 2016, 2020, 2021)
Hurricane Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 seasons)	7th (tied with 35 other seasons)	3 (1886)
Major Hurricane Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 seasons)	1st (tied with 41 other seasons)	1 (1957, 1966)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	4.4	2.4	8th	21.6 (1951)

East Pacific

June 2022 East Pacific Tropical Cyclones

Name	Maximum CategoryMax Cat	Dates >39 mph	Maximum Sustained Winds	Minimum Central Pressure
Blas	1	June 14Jun 14-20	85 mph	980 mb
Celia	TS	June 17Jun 17-28	65 mph	993 mb

East Pacific Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1949-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	2	2.1	15th (tied with 15 other Junes)	5 (1985, 1997, 2018)
Hurricane Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	1	0.9 (9 in 10 Junes)	11th (tied with 17 other Junes)	3 (1984, 2015)
Major Hurricane Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.4 (4 in 10 Junes)	14th (tied with 28 other Junes)	2 (5 Junes)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	14.3	10.6	13th	40.8 (2015)

East Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season Counts January-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1949-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	3	2.7	14th (tied with 9 other seasons)	5 (8 seasons)
Hurricane Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	2	1.2	4th (tied with 14 other seasons)	4 (1984)
Major Hurricane Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.6 (6 in 10 seasons)	17th (tied with 25 other seasons)	2 (7 seasons)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	21.1	14.5	13th	49.8 (2015)

West Pacific

June 2022 West Pacific Tropical Cyclones

Name	Maximum CategoryMax Cat	Dates >39 mph	Maximum Sustained Winds	Minimum Central Pressure
Chaba	1	June 30-July 2Jun 30-Jul 2	85 mph†	969 mb†
†Value occurred in July

West Pacific Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1945-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	1	1.8	27th (tied with 9 other Junes)	5 (2004, 2018)
Typhoon Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.8 (8 in 10 Junes)	23rd (tied with 19 other Junes)	5 (2004)
Major Typhoon Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.5 (5 in 10 Junes)	15th (tied with 27 other Junes)	3 (2004)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	0.6	12.2	33rd	82.5 (2004)

West Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season Counts January-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1945-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	3	4.6	32nd (tied with 2 other seasons)	11 (1965, 1971, 2004)
Typhoon Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	1	2.1	26th (tied with 8 other seasons)	7 (2004)
Major Typhoon Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	1	1.4	16th (tied with 15 other seasons)	5 (2004)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	17.6	38.8	31st	164.7 (2004)

North Indian

No North Indian Tropical Cyclones occurred during June 2022.

North Indian Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1972-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	0	0.6 (6 in 10 Junes)	19th (tied with 23 other Junes)	3 (1996, 2007)
Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.2 (2 in 10 Junes)	7th (tied with 35 other Junes)	1 (6 Junes)
Major Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	5th (tied with 37 other Junes)	1 (1998, 2007, 2010, 2019)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	0.0	2.9	19th (tied with 23 other Junes)	21.5 (2007)

North Indian Tropical Cyclone Season Counts January-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1972-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	2	1.8	11th (tied with 13 other seasons)	4 (1996, 2007)
Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	1	0.8 (8 in 10 seasons)	7th (tied with 15 other seasons)	2 (7 seasons)
Major Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.5 (5 in 10 seasons)	17th (tied with 25 other seasons)	2 (2019)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	5.9	9.8	21st	38.0 (2019)

South Indian

No South Indian Tropical Cyclones occurred during June 2022.

South Indian Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	4th (tied with 38 other Junes)	1 (1991, 2001, 2012)
Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	2nd (tied with 40 other Junes)	1 (2001)
Major Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	1st (tied with 41 other Junes)	0
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	0.0	0.2 (2 in 10 Junes)	4th (tied with 38 other Junes)	1.9 (2001)

South Indian Tropical Cyclone Season Counts July 2021-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	9	10.5	32nd (tied with 1 other season)	16 (1997)
Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	5	6.1	25th (tied with 6 other seasons)	11 (2019)
Major Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	5	3.5	5th (tied with 1 other season)	9 (2019)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	88.8	94.4	24th	186.9 (1994)

Australia

No Australia Tropical Cyclones occurred during June 2022.

Australia Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	3rd (tied with 39 other Junes)	1 (1958, 2012, 2015)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	1st (tied with 41 other Junes)	0
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	1st (tied with 41 other Junes)	0
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	0.0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	2nd (tied with 40 other Junes)	0.8 (1958)

Australia Tropical Cyclone Season Counts July 2021-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	12	10.7	12th (tied with 5 other seasons)	19 (1999)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	4	4.9	22nd (tied with 5 other seasons)	9 (1992, 1996)
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	1	2.4	25th (tied with 12 other seasons)	6 (2015)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	26.5	60.5	39th	111.3 (1999)

Southwest Pacific

No Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones occurred during June 2022.

Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	4th (tied with 38 other Junes)	1 (1972, 1997, 2003, 2015)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	0	0.1 (1 in 10 Junes)	3rd (tied with 39 other Junes)	1 (1997, 2003)
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	0.0 (0 in 10 Junes)	2nd (tied with 40 other Junes)	1 (1997)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	0.0	0.6 (6 in 10 Junes)	4th (tied with 38 other Junes)	11.4 (1997)

Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season Counts July 2021-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1956-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	6	7.1	18th (tied with 9 other seasons)	17 (1998)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	2	3.9	29th (tied with 8 other seasons)	11 (1998)
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	2.0	35th (tied with 7 other seasons)	6 (2003)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	18.8	52.2	34th	139.9 (1998)

Global

June 2022 Global Tropical Cyclones

Name	Maximum CategoryMax Cat	Dates >39 mph	Maximum Sustained Winds	Minimum Central Pressure
Alex	TS	June 3Jun 3-6	70 mph	984 mb
Blas	1	June 14Jun 14-20	85 mph	980 mb
Celia	TS	June 17Jun 17-28	65 mph	993 mb
Bonnie	2	June 27-July 5Jun 27-Jul 5	105 mph†	974 mb†
Chaba	1	June 30-July 2Jun 30-Jul 2	85 mph†	969 mb†
†Value occurred in July

Global Tropical Cyclone June Counts

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1972-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	5	5.5	24th (tied with 8 other Junes)	10 (1997, 2018, 2021)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	1	2.0	29th (tied with 11 other Junes)	5 (1997, 2004)
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	0	1.1	27th (tied with 15 other Junes)	3 (2004, 2010)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	19.3	28.1	25th	82.5 (2004)

Global Tropical Cyclone Season Counts January-June 2022

Storm Type	Count	1991-2020 Mean	1981-2022 Rank*	1972-2022 Record
Tropical Storm Winds ≥ 39 mph (34 kts)	32	30.3	15th (tied with 1 other season)	42 (1986)
Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 74 mph (64 kts)	12	15.3	36th (tied with 3 other seasons)	22 (1989, 1997)
Major Tropical Cyclone Winds ≥ 111 mph (96 kts)	6	8.5	24th (tied with 10 other seasons)	14 (2015)
Accumulated Cyclone Energy ACE×10⁴ kt²	176.1	233.8	31st	380.6 (1997)

Data Description

The data in this report are derived from NCEI's IBTrACS dataset (Knapp et al. 2010; Schreck et al. 2014). IBTrACS tropical cyclone track and intensity data from agencies and sources around the globe. In this report, data from NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC) are used for the North Atlantic and East Pacific. The other basins use data from the U.S. Military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

Historical values use the "best track" data that have been analyzed by forecasters after the season using all available data. Operational procedures and observing systems have changed with time and between regions, which makes these data heterogeneous. Intensity data are generally the most reliable since the early 1970s in the Atlantic (Landsea and Franklin 2013) and since the mid-1980s in other regions (Chu et al. 2002). The number of short-lived storms (≤2 days) has also increased since around 2000 due to improvements in observations and analysis techniques (Landsea et al. 2010).

Values for the current year are provisional values from the operational forecast advisories. IBTrACS obtains these from NCEP's TC Vitals, the NCAR Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project, and NHC provisional data. These values are subject to change during the post-season best track analysis. They also only include 6-hourly storm fixes, which means they may miss special advisories at landfall, peak intensity, etc.

The tropical cyclone seasons in the Southern Hemisphere begin in July and end in June, while the Northern Hemisphere seasons are counted from January to December. Storms are counted in all basins, months, and years in which they occur, which means some storms may appear more than once. However, the global totals only include each storm one time.

References

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