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September 22 in storm history

40 storms in the historical record were active on September 22 — 21 hurricanes, 14 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Polo (2026), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 155 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Polo (2026) CAT 5 155 kt peak 09-20 → 09-30

Ian (2022) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-22 → 10-01

Sam (2021) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-22 → 10-07

Nolo (2026) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-13 → 10-04

Teddy (2020) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-12 → 09-24

Fiona (2022) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-14 → 09-27

Gabrielle (2025) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-17 → 09-28

Odalys (2026) CAT 4 115 kt peak 09-20 → 09-27

John (2024) CAT 3 105 kt peak 09-22 → 09-27

Paulette (2020) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-07 → 09-28

Narda (2025) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-21 → 10-01

Nigel (2023) CAT 2 85 kt peak 09-15 → 09-26

Ophelia (2023) TS 60 kt peak 09-21 → 09-24

Fay (2026) TS 60 kt peak 09-19 → 09-29

Beta (2020) TS 55 kt peak 09-17 → 09-25

Odette (2021) TS 55 kt peak 09-16 → 09-26

Madeline (2022) TS 55 kt peak 09-11 → 09-25

Gaston (2022) TS 55 kt peak 09-19 → 09-27

Newton (2022) TS 55 kt peak 09-21 → 09-29

Rose (2021) TS 50 kt peak 09-19 → 09-24

Lowell (2020) TS 45 kt peak 09-20 → 09-27

Peter (2021) TS 45 kt peak 09-19 → 09-22

Kenneth (2023) TS 45 kt peak 09-18 → 09-24

2010s

Maria (2017) CAT 5 150 kt peak 09-16 → 10-02

Lorenzo (2019) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-22 → 10-04

Jose (2017) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-04 → 09-25

Kiko (2019) CAT 4 115 kt peak 09-12 → 09-26

Lee (2017) CAT 3 100 kt peak 09-14 → 09-30

Jerry (2019) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-17 → 09-28

Leslie (2018) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-22 → 10-14

Lorena (2019) CAT 1 75 kt peak 09-17 → 09-22

Norma (2017) CAT 1 65 kt peak 09-14 → 09-22

Karl (2016) TS 60 kt peak 09-12 → 09-26

Mario (2019) TS 60 kt peak 09-16 → 09-24

Kirk (2018) TS 55 kt peak 09-22 → 09-28

Ida (2015) TS 45 kt peak 09-15 → 09-28

Malia (2015) TS 45 kt peak 09-17 → 09-23

Lisa (2016) TS 45 kt peak 09-19 → 09-26

Pilar (2017) TS 45 kt peak 09-22 → 09-25

Karen (2019) TS 40 kt peak 09-22 → 09-27

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on September 22. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.