2021–22 European windstorm season
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The 2021–22 European windstorm season was the seventh instance of seasonal European windstorm naming in Europe. This was the third season in which the Netherlands participated, alongside the meteorological agencies of Ireland and the United Kingdom (Western group). The season's storm names were released on 1 September 2021. Storms that occurred up until 31 August 2022 were included in this season. The Portuguese, Spanish, French and Belgian meteorological agencies collaborated again, for the fifth time, joined by the Luxembourg meteorological agency (South-western group). This was the first season when Greece, Israel and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean group), and Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Malta (Central Mediterranean group) named storms which affected their areas.
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First storm formed | 23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) |
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Last storm dissipated | 20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) |
Strongest storm1 | Franklin 952 hPa (28.1 inHg) |
Strongest wind gust | Malik 236 km/h (147 mph) |
Total storms | 23 |
Total damage | >€3.63 billion ($3.90 billion) / (£3.06 billion) |
Total fatalities | 73 dead, 25 injured, 3 missing |
1Strongest storm is determined by lowest pressure and maximum recorded non-mountainous wind gust is also included for reference. ← 2020–21 2022–23 → |