After a slow start to the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, activity has ramped up with the first two hurricanes forming during the first week of September. Learn more in our new EarthFromOrbit video:
The Atlantic went without a named storm for nearly two months, from July 6 through Aug 31. August passed without a named storm for the first time since 1997. Tropical Storm Danielle formed on Sept. 1 in the far North Atlantic. The storm gained strength unusually far north where hurricanes are rare. Record-warm ocean temperatures fueled Danielle, which strengthened into a hurricane on Sept. 2, after 332 days without an active hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical Storm Earl developed east of the Northern Leeward Islands on Sept. 3, and brought heavy rains to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands. Earl strengthened to hurricane status on the evening of Sept. 6 while located 550 miles south of Bermuda. Hurricane Earl is expected to pass southeast of Bermuda late on Sept. 8 and produce rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches across Bermuda through Sept. 9.
NOAA’s August update to the 2022 Atlantic hurricane outlook calls for 14-20 named storms , of which 6-10 could become hurricanes . Of those, 3-5 could become major hurricanes . An average hurricane season produces 14 named storms, of which seven become hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.are predicted to remain in place for the rest of 2022 and could slightly enhance hurricane activity.
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