Canadian tropical cyclone season summaries
Summaries of past tropical cyclone seasons in Canada that include information about various storms, their paths and locations, as well as their impacts.
Tropical cyclone season summary 2023
Five storms of tropical origin affected Canadian territory during the 2023 tropical cyclone season. The season started with an extremely rare unnamed subtropical storm in mid-January that made landfall near Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.
The storm that produced the most significant impacts during the 2023 tropical cyclone season was Hurricane Lee. Lee made landfall in western Nova Scotia shortly after completing extratropical transition on September 16th. Damage to utility lines and coastal infrastructure was significant. Lee marks the fifth consecutive year that a high impact storm of tropical origin made landfall in Atlantic Canada.
Hurricanes Franklin and Don caused minimal impact to Canadian territory but produced strong winds and high sea states to the Grand Banks. Post-Tropical Storm Philippe tracked northwestward near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on October 8th. The storm produced strong winds and large waves in western Nova Scotia and southwestern New Brunswick. Philippe affected many of the same areas impacted by Lee but had produced significantly less damage.
Tropical cyclone season summary 2022
The 2022 tropical cyclone season produced two storms of tropical origin that impacted Canadian territory – Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Earl. As was the case from 2019-2021, there was one storm that significantly impacted Canada in 2022 – Hurricane Fiona.
Post-Tropical Storm Earl produced large waves in southern Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Avalon Peninsula. Severe Post-Tropical Storm Fiona affected all of Atlantic Canada and parts of eastern Quebec with very strong winds, large waves and storm surge. Fiona was a historical event for Eastern Canada. In addition to these two storms, the Canadian Hurricane Centre also monitored and issued daily tropical information statements (but no official storm tracks) for Tropical Depression Nicole. This storm brought moisture that led to heavy rainfall in Atlantic Canada and gusty winds and modest storm surge around New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in areas that were already devastated by Fiona.
Detailed summaries and earlier seasons
For a more detailed version of the summaries above or for any year in the Canadian Hurricane Centre archives, please contact: sommccpo-chcsumm@ec.gc.ca
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