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NHC AL072022 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Fiona (2022)

September 14, 2022 – September 27, 2022

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Fiona peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 80 US cities, 80 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Fiona in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Fiona from September 14, 2022 to September 27, 2022; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 18 at 86 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Lajas, PR. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 80 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from Boqueron, PR.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
80
At hurricane strength
80

when closest

States
1

Cities Fiona passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (80)

and 20 more

Other storms of the 2022 season

  • AlexTropical storm · 92 cities
  • ColinTropical storm · 135 cities
  • IanCategory 5 · 336 cities
  • NicoleCategory 1 · 277 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.