Talk:2022–23 European windstorm season

5 deaths in Turkey - vandalism?
I have searched and searched, and I can't find evidence that the Turkish shore was disturbed by Helios, or that anyone died there, or elsewhere. Look at the editor who added that information. They were just blocked today for participating in a meatpuppet vandalism campaign of some sort. Their history of edits today certainly includes acts of vandalism. It also includes contentious edits that might look familiar to some editors here.

So, did this really happen, or should it be deleted? Dcs002 (talk) 03:04, 14 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Should be deleted as a likely hoax. I've researched on this storm a bit but came up nothing on the 5 deaths in Turkey, though want to point out that the damages aren't, especially in Malta. Thanks for bringing this up, . Tails   Wx  03:35, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * one. Dcs002 (talk) 04:11, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Added "Definitions and naming conventions" subsection
Pings (Users who have commented on this topic, no ip's):

I've added a subsection to the Background and naming section to answer the kinds of questions I've been carrying on about for a few weeks now. I tried to reflect the general requirements and the diversity of criteria. Note that the Western Group's criteria are stated as "generally requires a likelihood of widespread sustained wind speeds > 65 km/h or widespread gust speeds > 110 km/h." That's quoted from Met Eireann. It's not an exact match to other countries, but it's close. The Dutch use gust speeds of 120 km/h during the 6-month storm season and 100 km/h during the rest of the year (it's in the Dutch language cit). I also ran into problems because I didn't see definitions for the term windstorm anywhere except research literature, only criteria for issuing names and warnings, so I didn't elaborate beyond that. (Note that the last paragraph in this section was already there. It says there are only 2 main naming organizations. Should that be deleted or changed to reflect the numerous naming organizations there are now?)

Please look it over and fix any stupid errors I've made. Thanks! Dcs002 (talk) 01:57, 19 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I think it looks good and it should end the discussions about what counts a windstorm. RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) 02:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I've made a few general fixes and copy-edits, it looks brilliant! Tails   Wx  02:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It looks amazing! This is just what we needed! EuropeanXTwisters (talk) 08:14, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback! I never dreamed I'd write this myself. I was afraid of making a bunch of stupid mistakes out of ignorance. I hope you are all paying attention to UK spelling conventions. I'm American, and I don't always catch those. Also, I added (in parens): "(Required wind speeds vary slightly by agency and by season.)" I don't want to leave an opening for an edit war concerning the superiority of one country's officially required wind speeds over another's. As I said in the edit summary, ambiguity is the theme of this subsection, so I think all ambiguity should be acknowledged.


 * Now, if I may direct your attention to the paragraph above this subsection, and to the last paragraph of this subsection. They don't fit. The last paragraph appears to be dated. Please feel free to do something about those. Dcs002 (talk) 00:10, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Just an idea, this might want to be expanded to the other years. ✶Mitch  199811✶  15:58, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Storm Kamiel
I cannot seem to find any to show that a STORM Kamiel has been named, maybe we should have storm Kamiel? EuropeanXTwisters (talk) 07:58, 5 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I wouldn’t if there are none. ✶Mitch  199811✶  19:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I just got rid of references to Kamiel from the names list (unused now), the Season summary chart, and the Season effects table at the end. I see that the first reference to Kamiel was added by User:Frazzles62 on March 2 (New user), but it was our ip editor who made the rather hostile objection to its being removed ("Don’t remove it, stop propaganda"). Dcs002 (talk) 06:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I haven't been checking the article too much, just to add redirects, but I do think I remember some edits on my watchlist that looked odd. Are you regarding to 2A02 or a new IP?
 * Regarding Frazzeles, as they are a new editor I would just warn him till it is clear they are being malicious. ✶Mitch  199811✶  12:42, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the 2A02 editor. They did some pretty crazy things already. Frazzles62 seems to have made a mistake in adding Kamiel, but the pushback from the ip against removing it was pretty intense. I wondered if it was the same user, but the pages edited are totally different, and adding Kamiel was the only issue I really saw with Frazzles. I just wonder where the idea of Kamiel came from. I spent more than an hour last night trying to find a single source that would say, in English or French, that Juliette was over, and I couldn't even find that.
 * Wait - I see on the page that Frazzles has added Kamiel back, and the ip editor is contributing to it, and the start date is 2/27. What's going on? Dcs002 (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Portugal did name Kamiel, but I don't see any info on it except that it affected the Azores and otherwise stayed out to sea. No idea what kind of storm it was. Here's the Spanish source I found. The cit used in the article says nothing at all, only the name was used on Feb 26. Dcs002 (talk) 20:29, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If Portugal and not the FUB named it, Kamiel might be something. ✶Mitch  199811✶  02:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * When I looked last night the citation provided in the section instantly told me that Kamei was something as it was one of the European MetService's that participates in the scheme. Jason Rees (talk) 08:06, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The naming of the storm is well documented now, IMO. It would be helpful if those who added the storms also added their RS. The only info I've been able to find (and my resources in the US are limited) is the fact that it was named and it only affected the Azores. It used to be an easy matter to search google in any language, Now it seems when I confingure google preferences and save my language as something other than English, it still limits my results to sources in France (for example) that are posted in the English language, which give me articles on Hurricane Juliet and Hurricane Camille, apparently because it still thinks that because I'm on this continent I can't possibly be interested in pages concerning Europe. (Seriously, am I missing a step?)
 * News of Kamiel is overshadowed by Juliette too, which was named on the same day, according to the Spanish source. I've only ever seen it referenced in passing. Dcs002 (talk) 09:32, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @EuropeanXTwisters Not found because you didn’t look up
 * I found the website from Spain and even Polish website over here has it and Poland not name Storm but they have that also so you did not look up I not know where you are live but I use SS which is more efficient and make moore potential for re search so if not do that and not immediately respond with remove (not delete) because it not for the editors so next time look up 2A02:A44C:6682:1:987:156:E7A5:75AE (talk) 22:00, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Tracks maps
I've decided that Juliette 2023 track will be the last European windstorm track I will make. The data for the track maps are sparce and this all started from low quality track maps created by a banned sock puppeteer. I was good making these for ~5 months, but I've decided to end it. If anyone else wants to continue them, you are free to do so. RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) 19:59, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Who was that sock puppeteer? 2A02:A44C:6682:1:E148:C746:3A5A:C78C (talk) 20:12, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @El Cubano 153 (original creater of these track maps) RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) 20:16, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Update Design
As far as I’m concerned, there are missing storms here. It’s stormy in Poland at the moment, so there must be a missing storm. I also see a great achievement on this article, I have made it mature and professional, and I’ve removed immature grammar and woke information, so I’m proud of myself for that. but the issue here is the bad design of the article. why are there long walls of text? It must be shorter, because the amount of information I have to read gives me headaches and the information doesn’t add up. so what I am going to do is try and make the information shorter so that the reading time goes from an hour, to about half an hour Fortunately I have also added more sources that were necessary for the Wikipedia article page information. bht the article need sensation, less projection more images maybe and less bigoted content but interesting content which make readers “live the moment” so if someone can do that that be great but watch your grammar than. I’m also thinking of evoking the timesheets again for readers clearer And also make sure to use posh words for example unspecified and keep rhe information readable so readers can see well. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:61C6:CF1D:B4A6:A926 (talk) 12:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * This is an encyclopedia built by communist consensus following established guidelines and policies, and one person's opinions of maturity, professionalism, and wokeness (which still means a heightened awareness of social injustice, particularly racial injustice, which I haven't seen in this article). This is not your article to customize to your taste. It belongs to the community, and the community sets those standards, not any single editor.
 * Have you considered that some storms might be local events, or maybe storms of shorter duration? I don't know if that's what they are, but if a storm occurs and it's not named, I think that would be something to consider. Naming bodies can require minimum durations and minimum areas affected. Dcs002 (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Storm Larisa
The death in Amsterdam on March 13 seems likely to be caused by the storm Larisa as it vast already in Danemark by the 11th according to the surface map https://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/Analyse_20230311.gif. Pierre cb (talk) 19:21, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I’m not sure which storm affected the Benelux & Germany this past Monday but I figured it was Larisa because no storm had been named on 13 March, so I guessed it was still Larisa but maybe it was a different one.
 * I think not every storm is being named because windy app says the Baltic countries are having stormy weather but no storms have been named. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:D4E3:17B3:CA24:730D (talk) 20:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * To invalidate this death, please read the evolution of Larisa by the Spanish weather service (https://www.aemet.es/es/web/conocermas/borrascas/2022-2023/estudios_e_impactos/larisa). This same reference invalidate the wind maximum as days after the passage of Larisa. In fact, almost nothing in the section is related. Please use the French article for the real information. Pierre cb (talk) 22:58, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I’ll just write (indirect) behind it 2A02:A44C:6682:1:987:156:E7A5:75AE (talk) 17:22, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If there is no evidence that the death was caused by Larisa like i strongly suspect by your own and Pierre's comments, then its considered original research and doesn’t needs removing asap.Jason Rees (talk) 21:10, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well the source does mention a storm but just no name which is a bit strange because i thought the Netherlands named storms but I don’t think it needs to be removed because people always automatically assume information and per many politicians and the public news channels aren’t that trustworthy anymore so probably half the information nowadays is fake anyways so probably removal is unnecessary and not needed afterall it would be a shame to not have the death because it is interesting information for readers so if someone wants to remove it they can go ahead I don’t really care because it isn’t my problem if the readers want more information they can always just look up more information and google it or something so if you want just remove that information I don’t really care to be honest and for instance what I said last time is that it is better to keep the information short because to much text is maybe not needed for some people
 * And also I think there are missing storms because it windy here in Poland but no storm was listed 2A02:A44C:6682:1:987:156:E7A5:75AE (talk) 21:38, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * What kind of bullshit reasoning it that! Wikipedia is not in the business of reporting unreliable information. All info in the text must be related to the storm directly with reference to prove it. Pierre cb (talk) 23:39, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think curse words are not aloud on Wikipedia page. But it is not my problem the article I only make information for reader but for more I don’t care about I did not make reason for the Amsterdam information it was the news so go look up than if you wer in Poland you not be aloud to curse at minors 2A02:A44C:6682:1:987:156:E7A5:75AE (talk) 00:24, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Pierre cb Why are you racist towards Polish people?
 * That word you use is a slur in Poland, not good! 2A02:A44C:6682:1:987:156:E7A5:75AE (talk) 00:36, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? Pierre cb (talk) 03:17, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Am I aloud to use curse words on Wikipedia? I see you use curse word 2A02:A44C:6682:1:D106:E395:C6B9:8769 (talk) 08:33, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Last paragraph cut from Definitions & naming conventions
I cut the last paragraph from the Definitions and naming conventions subsection. It was outdated, and it contained only information described again in the next two subsections. Please, I think someone needs to address the paragraph before the Definitions subsection, the first paragraph in the Background and naming section. It's just a bit of history about the Western Group, which really should be merged into that section. In its current position it should contain info about the entire section. Dcs002 (talk) 04:27, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok, fine, I just moved the "Name Our Storms" paragraph in its entirety to the Western Group subsection. I actually think it looks ok as-is. It flows in chronological order. Please feel free to edit that section all you like. I just thought it was horribly out of place where it was. Dcs002 (talk) 01:57, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Storm Ilina
In the UKMO Twitter, it mentions that Italy named Storm Ilina. Can you make a section on it? https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1642164663030001664 Cabociano (talk) 13:11, 6 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, a section has been made on this storm. 2000Eggs Egghead2000 (talk) 14:03, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Storm Antoni
Heading into UK now. It seems the met office hasn't named it yet but the press have. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/storm-antoni-could-hit-wales-26654615 Thelisteninghand (talk) 23:11, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Wait… It should have been named Aileen as part of the 2023-24 European windstorm season (yes they do recycle names from 6 years ago). Why is it named Antony, not Angus or Aileen? Angus was used in 2016-17 and thus reused for 2022-23, and Aileen was used in 2017-18 and thus reused for 2023-24. Edit of edit (talk) 08:46, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * As one of Wikipedia's main editors on the naming of weather systems, I can tell you that your getting muddled up with the various naming schemes that the warning centers have set up for significant weather around the world, which isnt hard since we have ten seperate naming schemes for just the Atlantic/Europe. :) Anyway in order to clear up any confusion: the UKMO named the storm Antoni which was the first name on their list of names for 2022-23 and is partially why it is listed as a part of the 2022-23 season. The other part of it is because that the Name Our Storm project runs from September 1 until August 31 every year. The list of names you are thinking of is the Atlantic hurricane list which runs from January 1 - December 31 and rotates every 6 years and named Arlene on June 2, 2023. Hope this helps - if not shout. :) Jason Rees (talk) 22:43, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I believe the answer, I gave above should answer your query from the other day, if you haven't already resolved it as well. :).Jason Rees (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * So why doesn’t the UKMO reuse names from 6 years ago? If they were to reuse the names then Antoni should be named Angus. Edit of edit (talk) 08:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * 2016-17 ♻️ 2022-23 Edit of edit (talk) 08:50, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I believe that the UK Met Office don't reuse storm lists. Every August, they normally let the public make suggestions for storm names. Then, using the suggestions, come up for a list of names for the next season. EuropeanXTwisters (talk) 11:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Its just the way that they want to run their naming list.Jason Rees (talk) 12:28, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

No more only wind storms
Since 2022, also heavy rain episodes are being named, so is not better use the name "severe weather season" or "storm season"? (https://twitter.com/AEMET_Esp/status/1435922054461669378)Marcia Bia (talk) 13:04, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Agree! 2A02:A44C:6682:1:A1CA:24D0:47CA:C937 (talk) 21:22, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Storm Olga
In the FUB's outlook, a storm that is dubbed 'int.Olga' can be seen. Can anyone add it? Cabociano (talk) 03:43, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @Cabociano it has been added. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:A1CA:24D0:47CA:C937 (talk) 21:22, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

2023-24 season
When should me make a 2023-24 European Windstorm Season article? The next season starts in 0 days. EuropeanXTwisters (talk) 10:03, 28 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I would say create the 2023-2024 European Windstorms article when September starts.
 * However, it’s already 2 September, so now is the appropriate time to start the new article. Egghead2000 (talk) 19:29, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @EuropeanXTwisters Just make the new article already 109.232.41.175 (talk) 09:15, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * It’s been created already, see: 2023-2024 European Windstorms. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:A1CA:24D0:47CA:C937 (talk) 21:29, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Not only windstorms
Since 2021, the rain storms are also named (https://twitter.com/aemet_esp/status/1435919868390486016) so this is not only about winds. So, in my opinion, the article should be about "European storm season". Marcia Bia (talk) 15:20, 3 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Marcia Bia Hello Madam/ Sir,
 * I agree with you, this article has to much information and half of the "storms" aren’t actual storms. I’ll see what I can do to fix this article. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:A1CA:24D0:47CA:C937 (talk) 21:09, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Storm Daniël (re)moved
I’ve removed storm Daniel from this article. And I moved it to 2023-2024 European Windstorms, it took place from early-mid September, which is in the new storm season as it started 1/9/23. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:35FE:51C4:3219:AC42 (talk) 12:53, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * And I have reverted you since it was named from the 2022-23 list of names and thus counts towards 2022-23 not 2023-24. I could be wrong here but I believe that the NMHSS of Europe operate different season start and end dates because of the nature of their climate.Jason Rees (talk) 14:15, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Uhmm… as far as I’m concerned they all start new storm season on 1 September.
 * So I think your wrong about the start and end dates, do you have evidence of that what your stating, can you provide a source?
 * Btw, multiple accounts have stated concerns about this article. It seems that not all 'storms' listed here, are actual storms (see section above, by Marcia Bia).
 * So if you can verify your statement, Jason. Than you have to change it in the article.
 * But the article is old so any changes will go mostly unnoticed by readers. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:35FE:51C4:3219:AC42 (talk) 14:31, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * This article's format is complex and needs someone with a lot of time to go through it properly and get it right as it covers seven different naming schemes, all of which have slight variations to what type of severe weather is named. It maybe that we need to split it into several smaller articles to cover all the naming schemes or make an overall article that documents Europes weather in 2022-23. As for the season start date, I have yet to see a source that states that there is a season at all, yet alone that the season starts on September 1 for the whole of Europe which is required per WP:Not Made Up and WP:No Original Research. As for sources for my suspicion that there is not a single start date for the whole of Europe, I note this tweet from the Greek NMHSS announcing the names for 2021-22 was published on September 29, 2021 rather than in August 2022, which along with other sources I have seen leads me to think that their naming scheme starts on October 1 not September 1. After the publication of this response I noticed that the name Ellias was assigned today by the Greeks, which lends more weight to the idea that their naming scheme does not start on September 1.Jason Rees (talk) 22:23, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with Marcia Bia, because the article is indeed about severe weather (not only windstorms) and it seems you’ve agreed as well. I’m not sure if you or Marcia have enough time to make multiple smaller articles, but I don’t have time for that.
 * However, I do have some article ideas, for example: 2022-2023 European windstorms, 2022-2023 European rainstorms, 2022-2023 European snowstorms, etc…
 * I also think we should do the same with the 2023-2024 season. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:30AE:E210:63AA:E81D (talk) 13:57, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * See European windstorm. A European windstorm is just a powerful storm. Article cannot be broken up any further. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:18, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Splitting up the article was Jason Rees's idea.
 * As for me, we can just rename the article "Weather in Europe 2023" or something to that effect.
 * How about we make multiple different sections in one article, see here:
 * \/ Windstorms in Europe
 * \/ Snowstorms in Europe
 * \/ Rainstorms in Europe
 * \/ Other notable extreme weather events
 * Is this maybe an idea? 2A02:A44C:6682:1:30AE:E210:63AA:E81D (talk) 15:30, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Too much of a split from Weather of 2023. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 15:32, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

There needs to be a split somewhere as this article is covering too much due to the nature of the system set up. Personally, I think we are over-thinking things if we split by weather types and my thinking was more to split it into two articles, one that covers the Atlantic naming schemes (ie: UKMO, ME, KNMI, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg) and one that covers the Mediterranean so to speak. I need to do some more research into the naming schemes before I feel confident in implementing this split though.Jason Rees (talk) 20:11, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * More research is definitely in order, but personally, I would be opposed to a split unless it was either (1) by every single naming scheme, similar to the tropical cyclone basins or (2) we split is based on a source which gives indication on how to split it. I'll leave it at that I guess, but we 100% do not need to split it up by storm types in Europe as that splits Weather of 2023 into too many articles. That part, which it seems you also agree on, is a very hard and strong oppose from me. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:24, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I have added in the names for 2023-24 for the Southeastern Group, with thanks to the Isreal Meteorological Service, who also confirmed that their season starts/ends on October 1 and not September 1. Also it is worth reminding you that not every TC basin is split up by naming list with the PHS having two naming lists and the Aus having 3, which is why it might be worth looking at splitting this article along the lines i suggested a few days ago.Jason Rees (talk) 11:27, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

What about splitting off 2022–23 European winter for all of the windstorms that produced snow? A blizzard is a very different type of weather event than one that is predominantly rain, wind, and flooding based. You could move Bettina and Storm Filomena. European windstorms are a bit different than anywhere else around the world. It would be like if every cyclone in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific were named, including nor'easters and tropical cyclones, so there would be an article for 2022-23 North American windstorm season separate from the hurricane season. By having an article for the European winter, we can also include snow events that aren't named as individual winter storms (however infrequent that might be). Just an idea. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 23:30, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The definition and first sentence of European Windstorm says they are a low pressure system (aka like a hurricane) and are most common in winter (aka snow is common with most of them). Splitting that up would be a WP:CONTENTFORK. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:34, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * IDK though, with Storm Daniel and so many other storms affecting Europe as cyclones (but not as winter storms) I don’t think it would be a content fork, seeing as they would get a mention here (as part of the naming list). Having a specific winter article would parallel the North American winter article, plus a planned Asian winter article I started a draft for. Plus, there might be snow events that wouldn’t be included here, such as any cold waves or snow events that weren’t named as European windstorms. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Storm Daniel
In the article for Storm Daniel the total fatalities is listed as +4034. So +11000 is wrong. Aminabzz (talk) 19:27, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree, when I first saw "11.000" I was like WHAT?!
 * 4.000 definitely seems more likely than a ridiculous 11.000.
 * I’m going to correct it. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:B3:6884:8446:DD47 (talk) 14:17, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Update: I’ve corrected it. 2A02:A44C:6682:1:B3:6884:8446:DD47 (talk) 14:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Aminabzz (talk) 15:59, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You can argue that it seems ridiculous and I would agree but unfortunately reliable sources are suggesting that the death toll for Daniel, is well over 11 000 with at least another 10 000 missing.Jason Rees (talk) 18:34, 30 September 2023 (UTC)