Hurricane Fiona (2022)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 14, 2022 to September 27, 2022

Peak strength

Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)

Lowest pressure

931 mb (27.49 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

26.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

480 nmi (889 km, 552 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

400 nmi (741 km, 460 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

140 kt (161 mph)

Fastest the center moved

46 kt (53 mph)

Identifier

AL072022

Radar at TJUA as it neared land, Sep 18, 19:20 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

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

Deaths

2 (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$267,500

Crop damage

$8,100

Events recorded

38 in 3 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

18 flash flood, 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flood, 2 high wind, 1 rip current.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

The 911 call center reported fallen trees obstructing PR-165, close to the entrance of Plaza Aquarium. A utility pole was over the road. A family was trapped in their car during this incident.

Toa Alta, Puerto Rico · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 17, 14:50 UTC

A report in the newspaper indicated that a 62-year-old male was swept away by flooding rain at La Virgencita, Toa Baja. The male was swept away from inside his car and the body was recovered three days later.

Toa Baja, Puerto Rico · Flash Flood · Sep 19, 02:00 UTC

Northwest winds were sustained at 20 to 30 mph with gusts generally 35 to 45 mph. However...some gusts were in excess of 50 mph. The winds occurred from the early morning hours of the 24th into the afternoon. The winds toppled trees and snapped branches at scattered locations...with the most significant impacts across mostly eastern portions of the Saint John Valley including Fort Kent and Madawaska. The falling trees and snapped branches brought down power lines contributing to power outages.

Northwest Aroostook, Maine · High Wind · Sep 24, 06:00 UTC

Northwest winds were sustained at 20 to 30 mph with gusts generally 35 to 45 mph. However...some gusts were in excess of 50 mph. The winds occurred from the early morning hours of the 24th into the afternoon. The winds toppled trees and snapped branches at scattered locations. Locations reporting downed trees included Caribou...Presque Isle...Fort Fairfield and Mapleton. The falling trees and snapped branches brought down power lines contributing to power outages.

Northeast Aroostook, Maine · High Wind · Sep 24, 06:00 UTC

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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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Fiona