The 2022 season

Hurricane Lisa (2022)

Hurricane Lisa reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 30, 2022 and November 5, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Lisa, 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
October 30, 2022 to November 5, 2022
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.4
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
85 kt (98 mph)
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
AL152022

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 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.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Nov 2, 21:30Belize City, Belize District, Belize, 16 km away17.4N 88.3W80 kt (92 mph)985 mb

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 30, 18:0015.7N 73.3W35 kt1005 mbLow
Oct 31, 00:0015.7N 74.4W35 kt1005 mbLow
Oct 31, 06:0015.6N 75.5W35 kt1005 mbLow
Oct 31, 12:0015.5N 76.7W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0015.5N 77.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0015.6N 78.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0015.9N 79.9W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0016.2N 81.2W45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0016.5N 82.5W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0016.7N 84.1W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0017.0N 85.5W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 12:0017.1N 86.7W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Nov 2, 18:0017.3N 87.7W75 kt988 mbHurricane
Nov 2, 21:30 landfall17.4N 88.3W80 kt985 mbHurricane
Nov 3, 00:0017.5N 88.6W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Nov 3, 06:0017.7N 89.6W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 12:0017.9N 90.6W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 18:0018.0N 91.7W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 00:0018.1N 92.7W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 06:0018.3N 93.6W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 12:0018.7N 94.5W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 18:0019.2N 95.2W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 00:0019.4N 95.4W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 06:0019.7N 95.4W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression

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.