Ex-Hurricane Danielle The remnants of Hurricane Danielle became an extratropical cyclone that affected Portugal and parts of western Spain. It had formerly been a Category 1 hurricane that transitioned into a
post-tropical cyclone on 8 September, north of the
Azores. It dissipated off the coast of Portugal on 15 September. Large waves and heavy rainfall hit the Azores. Ex-Danielle brought heavy rain to mainland Portugal while meandering near its coast. Between 12 and 13 September, 644 accidents were reported throughout the country. While many downed trees and flash floods were reported, no fatalities resulted from the downpours. In
Manteigas, under a "
state of calamity" at the time, following intense summer forest fires in nearby areas of the
Serra da Estrela mountain range, floods and landslides caused major damage. Four vehicles were dragged into the
Zêzere River. Heavy rain extended to as far north as
Braga.
Covilhã saw of rain while
Viseu saw of rain. Minor wind and flooding damage was reported in both Lisbon and
Setúbal. Much of
Spain was put on yellow alert as wind, rain and thunderstorms triggered by the cyclone moved inland.
Storm Ana (Reili) Storm Ana was named on 15 September by the
Italian Meteorological Service, The storm caused devastating floods in the Italian region of
Marche between 15 and 16 September, mainly affecting the city of
Ancona, where 12 people were killed and in other areas, 50 people were injured. One person is still missing. Afterwards, the system weakened and dissipated on 21 September.
Storm Bogdan (Ute) Storm Bogdan was named by the Italian Meteorological Service on 24 September. Greece's
Hellenic National Meteorological Service issued weather warnings for parts of Western Greece and islands in the Ionian Sea.
Storm Clio On 25 September, Storm Clio was named by the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro. It later went on to affect Greece and brought winds of up to . The storm dissipated on 6 October 2022.
Storm Bettina Storm Bettina was named by the
Deutscher Wetterdienst, the German meteorological agency, on 7 October 2022. As Storm Bettina impacted Iceland on 9–10 October, the
European Severe Storms Laboratory reported 181 storm reports, with 156 of those being severe wind reports of at least and 25 heavy snowfall reports. Due to the storm, about 500 of
RARIK's customers lost power. Dozens of reports of power transmissions being damaged or destroyed occurred on 9 October all around Iceland along with multiple reports of roads becoming impassable. The storm impacted Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Russia on 16–17 October, uprooting trees, damaging houses, and causing power outages. On 16 October two
IF1 tornadoes caused damage in Norway. The event was later classified as a
derecho imbedded in Low Pressure System Elke instead of a
European Windstorm by the
European Severe Storms Laboratory. The storm entered the Arctic and dissipated on 21 October.
Storm Armand (Georgina) Storm Armand was named by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) on 19 October. This system was named Georgina by the FUB. By 22 October, the storm had reached the tip of Scotland after significantly weakening. The storm then entered the North Sea and then looped back around again to Ireland when it dissipated on 23 October 2022. The strongest high-level wind gusts from Armand were recorded on
Mount Aigoual, France, reaching . Meanwhile, the strongest low-level wind gust from Armand was recorded at
Brignogan, France.
Storm Béatrice (Helgard II) A cold wave impulsed an extratropical cyclone in Europe and the storm interacted of anticyclone in the south in central Atlantic, the storm moved up towards Spain and Portugal, when on 22 October it received the name
Beatrice. The system was named Helgard II by the FUB, and Helgard I went on into eastern Europe, as Helgard II did not affect eastern Europe. The storm then went on to bring heavy wind and rain to the Iberian Peninsula. The outer bands of this storm were also related to the supercells in northern France and southern England which produced at least nine tornadoes, including the intense
Bihucourt tornado. A band of intense
thunderstorms on the northern leading edge of Beatrice crossed southern and eastern England during the afternoon and evening of 23 October, where a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms was issued. Heavy rainfall and strong winds were reported widely, resulting in some flooding and structural damage, and flights were disrupted at
Heathrow Airport for several hours. A small girl was injured by a disjointed gate in a severe wind gust,
Storm Cláudio (Karsta) Storm Cláudio was named on 31 October 2022. An orange alert for strong winds was put in place for four departments in northwest
France. The
Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind for most of the south coast of England, stretching from
Weymouth to
Kent. The Met Office had forecast gusts of with isolated gusts of > on exposed coasts. The highest gust of A trampoline that was caught underneath a train meant that no trains could run from
Worthing to
Hove for more than three hours. High winds caused part of the southwest corner of the
West Pier in Brighton to collapse into the sea. Two giant silver
baubles were blown down by the storm and rolled down
Tottenham Court Road in London. However, no damage or injuries was reported. Storm Cláudio hit the UK as a deepening low-pressure system, the lowest onshore pressure of 994 hPa (29.35 inHg) was recorded in
Plymouth at 22:00 on 31 October. The centre of the shortwave made landfall in Southern Wales, near
Cardiff, at around midnight – with the storm further north than had initially been forecasted by both the Met Office and Météo-France. In the wake of Storm Cláudio heavy convective showers produced flash flooding and lightning across the Southwest of England on 1–2 November. At 13:23 on 1 November, a thunderstorm brought winds as strong as to exposed parts of
Cornwall. In
Devon, fire crews were called to a pre-school in
Willand, Devon after a suspected lightning strike lead to a small fire at 14:40. Between the evening of the 31 October to the evening of the 2 November, more than 11,000 lightning strikes had been registered across the British Isles, with the majority of activity centred over the Channel Coasts.
Storm Marion A storm named Marion by the
University of Berlin affected the
British Isles on Wednesday 2 November and Thursday 3 November. The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for wind and rain for 2 and 3 November, affecting large parts of Wales, northern England, Scotland and all of Northern Ireland.
Storm Eva (Ottilie) Storm Eva was named on 4 November 2022. Amber warnings were put in place for southern Italy, and red warnings were put in place for Greece.
Storm Philomena Storm Philomena was named on 7 November 2022. The storm caused wind gusts of over in
Cornwall, and on 10 November, the storm entered a dissipation stage for the Storm Quisina.
Storm Regina Storm Regina was named by the
FUB on 14 November 2022. The storm passed through the
United Kingdom on 17–18 November. The storm caused heavy rainfall in both
Scotland and
England.
Storm Fobos Storm Fobos was named by the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro on 19 November 2022.
Storm Denise Storm Denise was named by the
AEMET on 21 November 2022. The storm caused wind gusts of more than winds in
Mallorca. In
Trieste, winds of more than were reported by
Vigili del Fuoco. On 25 November, the storm entered the
Black Sea and the day after, the storm passed close to
Ukraine and
Russia. Denise dissipated on 27 November. On 24 November, an Argentine tourist drowned after being swept into the sea in
Furore, while a man was struck and killed by lightning on a beach in
Vico Equense. The storm also partially triggered
a landslide on the Italian Island of
Ischia, killing 12 people. The government has approved a state of emergency, allocating an initial sum of €2m (£1.7m) to help rebuild homes.
Storm Ariel (Yuki) Storm Ariel was named by the
Hellenic National Meteorological Service on 29 November 2022. The same system was named as
Yuki by
Deutscher Wetterdienst. Ariel dissipated on 2 December 2022.
Storm Efraín Storm Efraín was named on 10 December 2022. Efraín brought strong winds, heavy rains and rough seas to the Azores. Strong gusts and rain caused landslides on the famous
Caminito del Rey in
Andalusia. Several stations in Madrid have been forced to close due to flooding. An environmental officer drowned during a flood in Villarino de los Aires (Salamanca). In Portugal, Efraín caused flooding in the Tagus River basin. According to the Portuguese Civil Protection Agency, a government body, some 5,000 rescue workers were on duty across the country and authorities estimated the damage at millions of euros. In France, the freezing rain and snow associated with the warm front of the system disrupted transport. Two accidents in Saône-et-Loire caused the death of a motorist on the A39 motorway and two truck drivers on a secondary road. The Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, announced the cancellation of part of the flights from Orly and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airports. In Lyon, all the buses remained stationary for part of a morning to avoid accidents.
Storm Fien (Harto) On 14 January 2023, the Spanish
State Meteorological Agency (AEMet) assigned the name Fien to the depression then located on Newfoundland. It was moving towards the south of the
British Isles. It reached the
Bay of Biscay on 17 January. Then crossing into the Mediterranean, it passed over northern Italy on the 18th and turned northward to end up in the
Baltic countries the following day. At 0:00 UTC on 20 January, Fien reached northwestern Russia. Consequently, Orange marine weather warnings for high winds were issued by AEMET for 15 January for north-western
Galicia province, with yellow marine wind warnings stretching all the way to the border with France in
Basque. In France, the southwest was affected during the night of 16 to 17 January. Winds of up to were recorded in the Pyrenees, toppling trees and cutting off electricity to 15,000 customers in
Nouvelle-Aquitaine and
Occitania but without major damage or casualties. In Spain, almost the entire country has been put on high alert for high winds, heavy rain and snow, depending on altitude, as well as rough seas. In the north, rivers approached overflow level. An 80-year-old man who disappeared during the storm has been found dead in the port of the Basque town of
Bermeo. In
Sondika, emergency services rescued a bus full of children stuck on a flooded road. After its passage, arctic air gave way to very cold temperatures.
Storm Gérard (Gero) Storm Gérard was named on 15 January 2023. The storm brought strong wind gusts,
sleet showers,
snow showers, and abundant rainfall across the
United Kingdom,
Ireland, and
Western Europe. Gérard caused strong winds and left at least 75,000 customers without electricity. The minimum central pressure within Gérard was around 973 hPa (28.7 inHg).
Cyclone Hannelore (Jan) Cyclone Hannelore was named on 19 January 2023. The storm was last noted on 28 January. According to the
EUMETSAT, Hannelore was a
Medicane. Météo-France has put 9 departments on orange alert in the south of the country, including Landes for "floods", and Dordogne, Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Aveyron, Tarn, Hérault, Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales for "snow-ice". A Tramontana wind blew on the Mediterranean coast after its passage, with gusts of up to 106 km/h at Istres and 114 km/h at Cap Béar on 19 January. The winds continued over the following days, reaching peaks of 151 km/h at Cap Béar on 22 January. In the north-east of Spain subject to the same winds, the gusts reached 130 to 135 km/h from Huesca to the Balearic Islands. Over northern Spain and in France, behind Hannelore, the arrival of a very cold and dry air mass from northern Europe caused minimum temperatures to drop well below freezing. A yellow vigilance "extreme cold" has even been launched for 72 departments in France and from yellow to orange for a good number of provinces in the north of Spain. In Italy, heavy snow fell in the north of the country above 300 m altitude, accompanied by strong winds. Winds and snow also affected the Balkans. 1 fatality occurred when a 20-year-old construction worker was killed when
scaffolding collapsed in
Ashdod. In addition to the fatality, 5 injuries were also attributed to the storm. The storm also hampered rescue efforts after the
2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake. The storm dissipated on 8 February 2023.
Storm Isaack Storm Isaack was named on 6 February 2023 by the AEMET. The storm dissipated on 8 February 2023. The storm also impacted
Sicily, where it led to the closure of
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport. The storm caused flooding and it led to property damage throughout the Maltese Islands, including the collapse of a false ceiling at the
Malta International Airport and a structure at
Popeye Village being destroyed by a dislodged boulder. During the heavy rain, walls collapsed, damaging parked cars at
Għarb and
St. Paul's Bay, while the 17th-century
Għajn Tuffieħa Tower was also damaged. Some boats capsized and a yacht ran aground at
Mistra Bay. On 10 February 2023,
Malta experienced its wettest February-day since 1938. A total of 140.4 millimeters was measured at
Luqa. The cyclone dissipated on 11 February.
Storm Otto (Ulf) Storm Otto was named by the
Danish Meteorological Institute on 16 February 2023 and the UK's Met Office issued yellow warnings of wind in northern Scotland. Later, on 17 February 2023, the UK's yellow warning had been extended for the
Borders and northeast England. On 16 February, the Danish Meteorological Institute warned that Denmark could experience hurricane-force winds, and gusts of over 39 m/s (140 km/h). On 17 February, wind gusts as high as were recorded on the north coast of
Aberdeenshire. At higher elevations, a wind gust of was recorded on top of
Cairngorm.
Cyclone Juliette (Zakariyya) Cyclone Juliette was named on 27 February 2023. Heavy snow and large waves occurred in parts of Italy,
Spain, and
France, primarily
Mallorca and the
Belearic Islands. It was also named
Zakariyya. Storm Kamiel Storm Kamiel was named on 27 February 2023 by the IPMA. Its development took place along the polar front, within a barometric trough aloft. Its central pressure was around 970 hPa on 8 March. On 9 March, Météo-France officially gave it the name Larisa as it approached Ireland while extending a warm front towards Benelux. The following day, the storm reached Finland and northwestern Russia before entering the Barents Sea on 13 March. In France, eleven departments were placed on orange alert. Strong winds blew, in particular on the northern coasts, on the
Massif Central and the Mediterranean coast. On 10 March,
Météo-France reported gusts of 100 to 120 km/h over the country with gusts of up to 150 km/h in the Corbières. Keraunos, the French thunderstorm and tornado observatory, and Météo-France reported gusts of 146 to 150 km/h in
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (
Pyrénées-Orientales) and 125 km/h in
Mouthoumet in the
Aude. Winds reached 130 km/h in
Saint-Malo, and waves in
Porspoder (
Finistère) reached more than 16 meters. Up to 4,600 households were deprived of electricity in Brittany. Gusts of more than 100 km/h were also reported in Corsica, and up to 192 km/h in
Cagnano and 154 km/h in
Cap Sagro. In the
United Kingdom, the Met Office issued a number of weather warnings for heavy snow followed by very cold temperatures. Snowfall of up to 24 cm was reported at
Leek Thorncliffe, 14 cm at
Bingley in northern England, and 16 cm at
Lake Vyrnwy in Wales. The winds also caused blizzard conditions causing widespread disruption to road and rail traffic as well as the closure of hundreds of schools. Storm Larisa brought snowfall to
Belgium and
Netherlands between 8–10 March 2023, with layers of snow up to 10 centimeters. In Spain on 8 March, warnings were issued for the
Galician coast, predicting waves between 5 and 7 m in height. Warnings were extended until 10 March for the eastern Cantabrian Sea. The strongest gusts hit the Cantabrian coast, as well as mountainous areas in the north. The highest gust of 113 km/h was recorded at the
Punta de Estaca de Bares,
province of A Coruña, on 10 March. Rainfall was significant in the
province of Cáceres, with a maximum of 59 mm in
Piornal in 24 hours. Météo France issued yellow and orange storm alerts in 80 departments across the country. On 31 March, a Welsh station recorded an onshore central pressure of . A gust of was also recorded at
Gwennap Head in
Cornwall. Over 500 properties were also left without power across the county. In
Devon there were many flooded roads, with rivers and streams "reaching high levels". A man was killed by a falling tree in
Senones, northern France. Two tornadoes were reported, one in
Buzançais and another in
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves, but no injuries were reported.
Storm Noa (Quax) Storm Noa was named on 12 April 2023 by Météo France. Yellow wind warnings were issued for southern England and Northern Ireland by the Met Office, as well as Yellow and Orange warnings for wind in Ireland by Met Éireann. Furthermore, Météo France placed 3 departments in status orange for wind, as well as a status yellow wind warning for much of northern France – forecasting winds of up to in coastal regions of the Channel. On 11 April, a woman died after being spotted in the sea off
Brighton beach. On 13 April, the body of a 21-year-old man was recovered from
Saltdean beach by the
RNLI following an extensive search, which was prompted by the sighting of a person in the water near a
groyne next to
Brighton Pier. A woman was badly injured after scaffolding collapsed onto a street in
Fareham. Waves of water also hit Cornwall.
Storm Leon Storm Leon was named on 13 April 2023.
Storm Minerva (Chappu) Storm Minerva was named on 15 May 2023 by the Operational Center for Meteorology of the Italian Air Force. Also named
Chappu by the Deutsche Wetterdienst and the Free University of Berlin, it was responsible for at least fifteen flood-related fatalities in the
Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, with the worst affected areas being
Forlì,
Cesena,
Faenza,
Ravenna,
Bologna and
Rimini. The storm also forced the cancellation of the
2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on 17 May.
Storm Nino A weather station off the coast of Tunisia recorded a sea level pressure of early on 19 May.
Storm Oscar Storm Olga Storm Olga was named by the Italian meteorological service on 14 June 2023.
Storm Poly Storm Poly was an extratropical cyclone which affected
Benelux, Germany, and the United Kingdom during July 2023. The thirty-seventh windstorm of the 2022–23 European windstorm season, Poly was named by the
Free University of Berlin on July 4. It later became the most intense summer storm to impact the Netherlands, bringing destructive gusts to the nation, peaking at in
IJmuiden,
Netherlands. In total, two fatalities occurred: one in the Netherlands, Poly would cause at least (2023) in damages.
Storm Patrícia (Xan) Storm Patrícia was named on 2 August 2023 by Meteo France, with the Deutscher Wetterdienst naming the same cyclone as
Xan.
Storm Petar (Zacharias) Storm Petar was named on 4 August 2023. The system, which was also named
Zacharias by the Deutscher Wetterdienst, formed in the Adriatic Sea.
Storm Antoni (Yves) Storm Antoni began affecting the
United Kingdom on 4 August, the same day it was named by the
Met Office. It is the latest first Met Office-named storm of the season. The system was also named
Yves by the Deutscher Wetterdienst.
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Sweden, roads were flooded and in
Hudiksvall Municipality, a train carrying 120 passengers
derailed. Strong straight line winds flattened aroung 0.5 to 1 million cubic meters of forest in
Västerbotten. Waves in Denmark were reported to be up to high, and in
Norway, several people were evacuated. In Latvia and Lithuania, two people were killed by falling trees. Additionally, 40,000 customers were left without electricity in
Kurzeme and
Zemgale. After several days of heavy rain in Norway, a
dam broke into the
Glomma river in
Braskereidfoss on 9 August. Locals are
evacuated. On 10 August, the local government of
Hamar floods the speed skating venue
Vikingskipet to relieve the rest of the city.
Storm Betty Storm Betty was named by Met Éireann on 18 August, and was expected to bring strong winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms to
Ireland and the
United Kingdom through 18–19 August. At least 70,000 people were left without power. High winds from the storm caused trees to fall down, blocking roads and in some cases damaging vehicles. A gust of 66 mph was recorded in north-west Wales.
Storm Rea Storm Rea was named by the Italian Meteorological Service on 27 August 2023.
Storm Daniel Storm Daniel was named by the
Hellenic National Meteorological Service on 4 September and was expected to bring heavy rainfall and heavy winds in
Greece, especially in Greece's
Thessaly region. On 5 September, the city of
Volos was flooded extensively. The village of
Zagora recorded 754 mm of rain in 24 hours, a record for Greece. The total rainfall reached 1,096 mm. Seventeen people were confirmed dead in Greece, while neighbouring countries Turkey and Bulgaria respectively recorded seven and four fatalities. Extensive flooding occurred in the plain of Thessaly, in
Palamas,
Karditsa and the city of
Larisa and hundreds civilians were rescued. The flood water covered a region of about 720 square kilometers. In the
Halkidiki region several seaside villages such as
Ierissos experienced damage due to the heavy wind. In the seaside village of
Toroni in Halkidiki a canoeing woman got swept away by the wind but was later found. The torrential rainfall was a result of a
cut-off low. Early on 9 September, the system showed signs of subtropical transition; later on the day, the storm developed a warm core while an ASCAT pass recorded sustained winds of 45 knots before making landfall near
Benghazi,
Libya. In Libya, Storm Daniel caused flooding in
Marj,
Bayda,
Tobruk,
Derna, and the
Jabal al Akhdar district, as well as
Benghazi,
Susa, and
Misrata. Two dams were reported to have collapsed near Derna. The flood and heavy rain caused the deaths of at least 5,923 people in the country according to official reports, A state of extreme emergency was declared by the local authorities following the storm.
Storm Elias Storm Elias produced large, damaging hail across Greece on 25 September. Streets flooded in the cities of
Trikala and
Xylokastro on the evening of September 25. During September 27 many cities in northern
Euboea flooded reportedly four rivers overflowed, roads in the city of
Volos, being flooded last time during Storm Daniel flooded as well. One civilian helicopter crashed from the extreme weather and as a result killing its pilot. By 28 September, Volos saw of rainfall in a 14-hour period; meanwhile,
Limni had in 7 hours, and
Istiaia in 3.5 hours. During the following days, heavy rains were reported in
Istanbul on 28 and 29 September, especially in
Küçükçekmece,
Başakşehir,
Esenyurt,
Gaziosmanpaşa,
Sultangazi and
Büyükçekmece. The storm was expected to head towards
Latakia and
Tartus in Syria and northern Lebanon, yet no reports of actual effects materialized. Images acquired from a
Sentinel-2 satellite showed large amounts of
sediment washed away by floods as the
Pineios river discharges in the
Aegean Sea. == Season effects ==