2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season

The 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season was a below-average but very destructive tropical cyclone season that featured one of the costliest tropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere on record. The season officially started on November 1, 2022, and ended April 30, 2023; however, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, and would count towards the season total. During the season, tropical cyclones were officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service, Australian Bureau of Meteorology and New Zealand's MetService. The United States Armed Forces through the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also monitored the basin, issuing unofficial warnings for American interests. The FMS attaches a number and an F suffix to tropical disturbances that form in or move into the basin while the JTWC designates significant tropical cyclones with a number and a P suffix. The BoM, FMS and MetService all use the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale and estimate windspeeds with a period of approximately ten minutes, while the JTWC estimates sustained winds over a 1-minute period, which are subsequently compared to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).

2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedDecember 10, 2022
Last system dissipatedApril 18, 2023
Strongest storm
NameKevin
  Maximum winds230 km/h (145 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
  Lowest pressure913 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances13 official, 1 unofficial
Total depressions7 official, 1 unofficial
Tropical cyclones4 official, 1 unofficial
Severe tropical cyclones3
Total fatalities17 total
Total damage$9.6 billion (2022 USD)
(Costliest South Pacific cyclone season recorded)
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