Hurricane Season 2022: It Pays to Be Prepared

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season – running June 1 through November 30 – is off to a surprisingly quiet start. For the first time in seven years, not a single hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Basin as of mid-August.

So far, 2022 has produced only three named storms – the last being Tropical Storm Colin, which was downgraded to a depression and dissipated over North Carolina at the beginning of July.

This season presents a stark contrast to 2021 – which had already recorded seven named storms by August 13 – and 2020 – the busiest hurricane season on record.

But don’t get comfortable just yet. Although forecasters have downgraded their outlooks, they’re still predicting an “above-normal” hurricane season.