User:WeatherWriter/Weather of 2022

The following is a list of weather events that occurred (and are occurring) on Earth in the year 2022. The year began with a La Niña. The most common weather events to have a significant impact are blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.

Tornadoes
The first tornadic fatality of the year occurred on 3 February, when an EF2 tornado struck Sawyerville, Alabama, killing one person.

Tornado outbreak in Poland with at least 11 tornadoes on 17 February, resulting in 2 fatalities & 5 injuries. 6 of the 11 tornadoes has been rated F2.

Tropical and subtropical cyclones
On 5 January, a tropical disturbance which was designated as 03F formed and was named Cyclone Cody, making it the first system of 2022. Cyclone Tiffany, the second named system of 2022, formed in the Australian region on 9 January and a tropical low which designated as 11U formed on 13 January, as a second system.

Extratropical cyclones and European windstorms
On 10 January, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service named Storm Diomedes, making it the first European Windstorm of the year. The storm killed 1 person, 1 person remains missing. 11 days later, on the 21 January, Storm Elpis formed, 3 people were killed and 18 injured after thousands were trapped by a snowstorm in Turkey. On 28–30 January, Storm Malik hit Europe, killing 6 People. 2 people died in the United kingdom, and 1 person had died in Denmark, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Over 18 people were killed across Europe when European Windstorm Dudley and Storm Eunice made landfall on 16–17 February (Dudley) and 18 February (Eunice).

Wildfires
The first deadly wildfire of the year was the Boulder County fires, which started in 2021 and finished on January 1, 2022.

Timeline
This is a timeline of weather events during 2022.

January

 * December 16, 2021 – January 19, 2022 – Floods in Malaysia, locally called Banjir Shah Alam, caused by Tropical Depression 29W killed 54 people with two missing and caused over $4.77 billion (2021 USD) in damage across Malaysia.
 * December 24, 2021 – January 6, 2022 – Tropical Cyclone Seth killed two people and caused damage across Australia.
 * December 30, 2021 – January 1, 2022 – Grass fires in Boulder County, Colorado killed one person, left one person missing and injured six others. Wind gusts of 115 mph were reported and the fire destroyed 1,084 structures and caused $513 million (2022 USD) in damage.
 * December 31, 2021 – January 6, 2022 – Floods in Oman killed at least six people.
 * January 1–4 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Frida by The Weather Channel, killed five people, caused 428,000 power outages, and caused damage across the United States and Iceland.
 * January 1–27 – Severe storms and floods in Rwanda killed 15 people and injured 37 others. Seven of the fatalities and 26 of the injuries occurred due to lightning.
 * January 3 – A landslide in China killed four people, injured three others, and left nine missing.
 * January 4 – Floods in Indonesia killed nine people.
 * January 5–13 – Cyclone Cody killed one person and caused damage across Fiji.
 * January 7–8 – A blizzard in Murree, Pakistan killed 23 people.
 * January 8 – A rock collapse in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, caused by heavy rains, killed ten people and injured 32 others.
 * January 10 – Floods in East London, South Africa killed 14 people and left hundreds homeless.
 * January 10–14 – European Windstorm Diomedes killed one person, with one missing, and caused damage across Greece.
 * January 11 – A 37-year-old man was injured by a lightning strike in Greece
 * January 13–19 – A major winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, killed five people, injured 17 others, caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across Canada and the United States.
 * January 16 – The storm system produced six tornadoes in Florida, including an EF2 that caused major damage to three mobile home parks near Fort Myers and injured three people.
 * January 17 – Ottawa, Canada, recorded 48 centimetres (19 in) of snow, which is the second largest snowstorm on record for Ottawa.
 * January 17 – Toronto, Canada, recorded 33 cm of snow, which is the third largest snowfall for Toronto since 1937. The storm prompted the Meteorological Service of Canada to issue the first blizzard warning for Toronto since 1978.
 * January 14 – Onslow, Western Australia recorded a temperature of 50.7 C, which if verified, would be tied as the highest in the Southern Hemisphere.
 * January 18 – Floods in Antananarivo, Madagascar, killed 11 people and left 500 people homeless.
 * January 19 – An avalanche in Slovakia killed one person and injured one other.
 * January 19–22 – A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Jasper by The Weather Channel, killed one person, injured two others, and caused damage across the United States.
 * January 20 – Four people die to hypothermia near Emerson, Manitoba, Canada.
 * January 20 – René Robert, a Swiss photographer, died from hypothermia in Paris.
 * January 20 – A series of ice accumulation resulted in 23 injuries in Germany.
 * January 20–23 – Heavy rains in Pakistan killed eight people from multiple landslides and building collapses.
 * January 20–25 – Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people and caused damage across Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
 * January 21 – An avalanche in Switzerland killed one person.
 * January 21–27 – European Windstorm Elpis becomes a rare snowstorm that killed three people and injured 18 others while affecting Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and Turkey. The storm also spawned a rare landspout which later became a snownado.
 * January 24 – A series of flash floods in Uganda killed nine people.
 * January 24–February 11 – Cyclone Batsirai killed 123 people, injured at least ten others, caused 43,500 power outages and caused at least $53.3 million (2022 USD) in damage across Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
 * January 26 – A landslide in Colombia killed two people.
 * January 27 – An avalanche in Turkey killed two people.
 * January 27–30 – A nor’easter and blizzard, unofficially named Winter Storm Kenan by The Weather Channel and Blizzard of 2022 by NBC News Boston, killed four people (2 direct and 2 indirect) and caused over 118,000 power outages across the East Coast of the United States.
 * January 29 – Providence, Rhode Island set a new all time daily snowfall record of 18.8 in, breaking the previous record of 18.3 in from February 4, 1961.
 * January 29 – Boston, Massachusetts, recorded its snowiest day in January on record, and also tied its all time daily snowfall record set on 17 February 2003, with 23.6 in of snow falling.
 * January 28 – A person dies from a cold weather-related incident in New York.
 * January 28–30 – European Windstorm Malik, also known as Storm Valtteri and Storm Nadia, killed six people, caused 810,000 power outages and caused damage across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
 * January 28–February 3 – Floods and landslides in Brazil killed 28 people.
 * January 29 – Two avalanches in the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains killed two people.
 * January 31 – The World Meteorological Organization certified a 477.2-mile-long lightning strike, also dubbed "megaflash", over the southern United States on April 29, 2020, as a new world record for the longest lightning strike.
 * January 31 – The World Meteorological Organization certified a 17.1-second-long lightning strike over Uruguay and northern Argentina on June 18, 2020, as a new world record for the longest lasting lightning strike.
 * January 31–February 1 – A landslide and floods in Ecuador killed 24 people with nine missing and injured 47 others.
 * January 31–February 1 – Floods in Haiti killed five people with one missing.

February

 * February 1 – A landslide in Mozambique killed five people and injured two others.
 * February 1–9 – A winter storm and ice storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Landon and Groundhog Snowstorm, killed eight people (7 winter storm and 1 tornadic), caused over 375,000 power outages, and caused damage across the Central and Midwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Multiple states declared a state of emergency in preparation for the winter storm.
 * February 3 – The storm system also produced five tornadoes including three EF2 tornadoes. One of the EF2 tornadoes killed one person and caused damage in Sawyerville, Alabama, which caused the National Weather Service to issue a particularly dangerous situation on the tornado warning.
 * February 3 – Wichita Falls, Texas recorded a new daily record snowfall of 1.0 inch, breaking the previous daily snowfall record from 1956.
 * February 2 – A power cable collapse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed at least 26 people. The cause is unknown, but lightning is the suspected cause.
 * February 2 – Twelve people died from hypothermia in Turkey.
 * February 3 – A geomagnetic storm impacted the areas around the Arctic Ocean and disrupted up to 40 new SpaceX Starlink satellites that were launched earlier in the day. The storm also caused the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) to issue a G1 geomagnetic storm warning.
 * February 4 – A series of avalanches killed eight people in Austria.
 * February 5 – An avalanche killed one person and injured four others in Austria.
 * February 5 – An avalanche killed one person in Italy.
 * February 7 – An avalanche killed two people in France.
 * February 7 – An avalanche killed 19 people in Afghanistan.
 * February 7 – A landslide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed three people and injured one other.
 * February 8 – A landslide in Colombia killed 14 people.
 * February 8–13 – Multiple cities in central and southern California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego experienced a record-breaking heat wave. San Francisco recorded 78 °F on February 10, an all-time record for the city for meteorological winter.
 * February 10–18 – Tropical Storm Dumako killed 14 people and caused damage across Madagascar.
 * February 13–14 – A series of floods in Oman killed one person.
 * February 13–15 – A series of floods in Indonesia killed one person and affected over 10,000 people.
 * February 14–19 – European Windstorm Dudley killed nine people (7 extratropical cyclonic + 2 tornadic), injured five others, caused 225,000 power outages, and caused damage across Europe. Storm Dudley also spawned a tornado outbreak consisting of 24 tornadoes, with 23 in Poland and Germany and one in Italy.  One of the tornadoes in Poland killed two people.
 * February 14–19 – European Windstorm Eunice, also known as Storm Zeynep in Germany and Storm Nora in Denmark, killed 17 people, caused over 2.4 million power outages, and caused over €1.3 billion (2021 EUR) in damage across Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
 * February 15 – Harsh weather over the Atlantic Ocean killed 10 people, with 11 missing, after capsizing a Spanish fishing boat.
 * February 15 – A series of floods in Rio de Janeiro killed at least 231 people with five missing.
 * February 15–26 – Cyclone Emnati killed 15 people and caused damage across Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
 * February 18 – Floods in South Africa killed one person.
 * February 20–22 – European Windstorm Franklin killed two people and caused damage across the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.
 * February 20–22 – A winter storm in Japan killed one person and injured eight others.
 * February 20–24 – A series of floods and landslides in Bolivia killed 35 people and left 25 missing.
 * February 22 – A winter storm in Minnesota, United States, killed one person.
 * February 23 – A landslide in Colombia killed three people and injured four others.
 * February 23–Present – A flood in South East Queensland killed 13 people.


 * February 24 – A winter storm in Tennessee, United States, killed one person.
 * February 27 – A landslide in Colombia killed one person.

March

 * March 2 – A series of floods in Indonesia killed two people.
 * March 5–7 – A tornado outbreak, across the Midwestern United States, killed seven people from 29 tornadoes, including a low-end EF4 near Winterset, Iowa that traveled nearly 70 miles, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado warnings.
 * March 5–17 – Cyclone Gombe killed 62 people, with one missing, and caused damage across Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi.
 * March 13–14 – A G2 geomagnetic storm impacted the areas around the Arctic Ocean.
 * March 17 – Dense fog on Interstate 57 in Missouri causes a chain reaction of crashes that killed six people.

Listed by month
Note: All monthly fatality totals are based on when the event formed/began, so even if a death occurred days into a new month, they would be included in the previous month's total, to avoid potential double counts.