Hurricane Earl (2022)

Hurricane Earl reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 2, 2022 and September 15, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb. It killed 2 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Earl, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: North Atlantic
Dates: September 2, 2022 to September 15, 2022
Peak strength: Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Lowest pressure: 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 184 km (114 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 14.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 420 nmi (778 km, 483 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
Overall size: 550 nmi (1019 km, 633 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 110 kt (127 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 35 kt (40 mph)
Identifier: AL062022

Radar at TJUA as it neared land, Sep 4, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

2 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

NOAA Storm Events

4 deaths (4 direct, 0 indirect)$10,000

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

In the United States

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled June 2026.

Deaths: 4 (4 direct, 0 indirect)
Injuries: 4
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: none recorded
Events recorded: 28 in 4 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine area	Deaths	Injuries	Damage	Events
Puerto Rico	2	3	$10,000	26
New Jersey	2	1		2

What was recorded

11 flood, 7 flash flood, 5 debris flow, 2 rip current, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud.

What forecast offices wrote

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Lightning struck a jetski in Cayo Matias, just south of Salinas. There were two fatalities and a third person was taken to a hospital. A marine weather statement due to thunderstorms was in effect for nearby waters.
Salinas, Puerto Rico · Lightning · Sep 4, 21:30 UTC

Philadelphia media reported a fatality in Ocean City, NJ, likely caused by rip currents. Shortly after noon on Thursday, a man was pulled from the water unresponsive. The man was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His son was injured trying to save him.
Eastern Cape May, New Jersey · Rip Current · Sep 8, 12:00 UTC

Local media reported a death off the coast of LBI near Loveladies where a man had died in the surf. The beach was unguarded, with a High Risk for rip currents was in effect.
Eastern Ocean, New Jersey · Rip Current · Sep 10, 12:00 UTC

A social media post showed that a lightning stroke a light post and it caught fire. This was around road PR-199, close to Paseos Veterinary Center.
San Juan, Puerto Rico · Lightning · Sep 10, 17:30 UTC

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Sep 2, 18:00	17.9N 58.6W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 3, 00:00	18.3N 59.8W	40 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 3, 06:00	18.6N 60.9W	40 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 3, 12:00	18.9N 61.9W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 3, 18:00	19.2N 62.9W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 4, 00:00	19.4N 63.6W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 4, 06:00	19.5N 64.1W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 4, 12:00	19.8N 64.6W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 4, 18:00	20.0N 65.0W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 5, 00:00	20.3N 65.3W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 5, 06:00	20.8N 65.4W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 5, 12:00	21.5N 65.2W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 5, 18:00	22.0N 65.2W	60 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 6, 00:00	22.5N 65.2W	60 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 6, 06:00	23.1N 65.3W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 6, 12:00	23.5N 65.7W	55 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 6, 18:00	23.9N 65.7W	65 kt	994 mb	Hurricane
Sep 7, 00:00	24.5N 65.8W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Sep 7, 06:00	25.0N 65.9W	75 kt	982 mb	Hurricane
Sep 7, 12:00	25.4N 65.8W	75 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
Sep 7, 18:00	26.1N 65.6W	80 kt	974 mb	Hurricane
Sep 8, 00:00	26.8N 65.5W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Sep 8, 06:00	27.7N 65.5W	90 kt	969 mb	Hurricane
Sep 8, 12:00	28.7N 65.3W	85 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 8, 18:00	29.7N 64.8W	80 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Sep 9, 00:00	30.6N 64.3W	80 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 9, 06:00	31.9N 63.2W	80 kt	963 mb	Hurricane
Sep 9, 12:00	33.4N 61.9W	85 kt	961 mb	Hurricane
Sep 9, 18:00	34.9N 59.8W	90 kt	954 mb	Hurricane
Sep 10, 00:00	37.1N 56.8W	95 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Sep 10, 06:00	40.0N 54.3W	90 kt	955 mb	Hurricane
Sep 10, 12:00	42.4N 53.3W	80 kt	964 mb	Hurricane
Sep 10, 18:00	43.3N 52.8W	70 kt	967 mb	Extratropical
Sep 11, 00:00	43.3N 52.6W	60 kt	968 mb	Extratropical
Sep 11, 06:00	43.8N 52.2W	55 kt	970 mb	Extratropical
Sep 11, 12:00	44.2N 52.0W	50 kt	974 mb	Extratropical
Sep 11, 18:00	44.3N 51.9W	45 kt	974 mb	Extratropical
Sep 12, 00:00	44.2N 51.9W	45 kt	974 mb	Extratropical
Sep 12, 06:00	44.3N 52.1W	40 kt	978 mb	Extratropical
Sep 12, 12:00	43.9N 51.9W	40 kt	978 mb	Extratropical
Sep 12, 18:00	43.2N 51.2W	35 kt	981 mb	Extratropical
Sep 13, 00:00	42.9N 48.3W	35 kt	981 mb	Extratropical
Sep 13, 06:00	43.0N 46.8W	35 kt	985 mb	Extratropical
Sep 13, 12:00	43.4N 45.2W	35 kt	989 mb	Extratropical
Sep 13, 18:00	44.3N 43.7W	35 kt	989 mb	Extratropical
Sep 14, 00:00	45.0N 42.4W	35 kt	990 mb	Extratropical
Sep 14, 06:00	45.4N 41.6W	35 kt	990 mb	Extratropical
Sep 14, 12:00	45.5N 40.9W	35 kt	990 mb	Extratropical
Sep 14, 18:00	45.3N 40.5W	30 kt	992 mb	Extratropical
Sep 15, 00:00	45.2N 39.4W	30 kt	994 mb	Extratropical
Sep 15, 06:00	45.2N 37.7W	30 kt	995 mb	Extratropical
Sep 15, 12:00	45.6N 36.1W	30 kt	996 mb	Extratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 2022

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.