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Hurricane Ian 2022

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · September 23 to September 30, 2022

Tropical-storm-force winds reached 483 miles from Ian's center, tied for the fourth-widest reach among the 364 Atlantic storms with wind-radius data (kept since 2004). It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. It has landfall records in 3 different places: Cuba, Florida and South Carolina. The name Ian is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Ian (2022) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N90°W80°W70°W60°WMelbourneCuba, 125 mphFlorida, 150 mphSouth Carolina, 80 mphPeak 160 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Ian (2022) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Sep 23Sep 24Sep 25Sep 26Sep 27Sep 28Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1mph
  1. First record (low) 125 miles north-northeast of Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela
  2. Tropical storm 185 miles northwest of Oranjestad, Aruba
  3. Hurricane 250 miles west of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica
  4. Major hurricane 45 miles south of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  5. Landfall Cuba: Category 3, 125 mph, 947 mb
  6. Peak 55 miles west of Naples, Florida; lowest pressure 937 mb
  7. Landfall Florida
  8. Landfall Florida: Category 4, 145 mph, 945 mb
  9. Landfall South Carolina: Category 1, 80 mph, 978 mb
  10. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 25 miles southwest of Lumberton, North Carolina
  11. Last record 50 miles west-northwest of Fayetteville, North Carolina

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 28th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure937 mb · tied 91st of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy17.5 · 301st of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone7.5 days · 508th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

No other storm of the 2022 Atlantic season matched its 160 mph peak; the season had 16 storms.

It came ashore in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on September 28, 2022, with 150 mph winds.

In the 2022 season

04080120160200Ian

Storm 8 of 16 in 2022, hurricane 5 of 9; it formed after Gaston and before Hermine. Ian produced 16% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. 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
Pinar del Rio, Cuba3 mi120 mphSeptember 27
Melbourne, Florida11 mi70 mphSeptember 29
Cape Coral, Florida12 mi145 mphSeptember 28
Port Charlotte, Florida13 mi140 mphSeptember 28
Ft. Myers, Florida14 mi145 mphSeptember 28
Titusville, Florida19 mi70 mphSeptember 29
Kissimmee, Florida38 mi75 mphSeptember 29
Vero Beach, Florida39 mi75 mphSeptember 29

Every storm within 50 miles of Melbourne, Florida

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to Ian's 150 mph:

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 16 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: