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Hurricane Fiona 2022

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 14 to September 23, 2022

Fiona's 100 mph landfall in Nova Scotia on September 24, 2022 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 16 storms with a landfall record there. It has landfall records in 6 different places: Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Nova Scotia and Québec. It generated 24% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2022 storm. The name Fiona is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Fiona (2022) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N60°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WGuadeloupe, 60 mphPuerto Rico, 85 mphDominican Republic, 90 mphTurks and Caicos Islands, 115 mphNova Scotia, 100 mphQuébec, 50 mphPeak 140 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Fiona (2022) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21Sep 23Sep 25Sep 27mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 810 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Tropical storm 680 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Landfall Guadeloupe: tropical storm, 60 mph, 1002 mb
  4. Hurricane 60 miles south-southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  5. Landfall Puerto Rico: Category 1, 85 mph, 986 mb
  6. Landfall Dominican Republic: Category 1, 90 mph, 976 mb
  7. Major hurricane 70 miles north of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic
  8. Landfall Turks and Caicos Islands: Category 3, 115 mph, 962 mb
  9. Peak, 140 mph 250 miles north of Monte Cristi, the Dominican Republic; lowest pressure 931 mb
  10. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 220 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  11. Landfall Nova Scotia
  12. Landfall Québec: depression, 50 mph, 974 mb
  13. Last record 1,065 miles north of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind140 mph · tied 110th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure931 mb · tied 66th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy26.6 · 131st of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.5 days · tied 292nd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2022 season

04080120160200Fiona

Storm 6 of 16 in 2022, hurricane 4 of 9; it formed after Earl and before Gaston. Fiona ranks second by peak wind in the season. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Higuey, La Altagracia, the Dominican Republic0 mi85 mphSeptember 19
Samaná, the Dominican Republic4 mi90 mphSeptember 19
El Seibo, El Seybo, the Dominican Republic8 mi85 mphSeptember 19
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France11 mi60 mphSeptember 16
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico13 mi85 mphSeptember 18
Hato Mayor, the Dominican Republic20 mi85 mphSeptember 19
La Romana, the Dominican Republic21 mi85 mphSeptember 19
Ponce, Puerto Rico23 mi85 mphSeptember 18

Every storm within 50 miles of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Also peaked at 140 mph

Of 35 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Teddy (2020)945 mb, no landfall record
  • Delta (2020)953 mb, landfall in Quintana Roo
  • Helene (2024)939 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Gabrielle (2025)944 mb, no landfall record