National Hurricane Center Releases Tropical Cyclone Report of 2022’s Hurricane Ian

Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida at category 4 intensity

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The National Hurricane Center has completed and released the Tropical Cyclone Report of 2022’s Hurricane Ian.

Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida at category 4 intensity (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale), producing catastrophic storm surge, damaging winds, and historic freshwater flooding across much of central and northern Florida.

Ian was responsible for over 150 direct and indirect deaths and over $112 billion in damage, making it the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history and the third-costliest in United States history.

Ian also made landfall as a category 3 hurricane in western Cuba bringing widespread damage and loss of power to the entire island.

Ian made its final landfall as a category 1 hurricane in South Carolina.

Much of the data in this report came from Post Tropical Cyclone (PSH) Reports issued by NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) in Tampa Bay, Melbourne, Miami, Key West, and Jacksonville, Florida; Charleston and Greer, South Carolina; and Wilmington and Morehead City, North Carolina.

David Roth of the NOAA Weather Prediction Center produced the rainfall map and much of the rainfall data. Data from the National Data Buoy Center, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, United States Geological Survey, Storm Prediction Center, and the Cuban Meteorological Service were also used in this report.

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