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2021–22 South Pacific cyclone season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedOctober 27, 2021
Last system dissipatedSeason ongoing
Strongest storm
NameDovi
 • Maximum winds110 km/h (70 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure992 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total disturbances2
Total depressions1
Tropical cyclones1
Severe tropical cyclones0
Total fatalitiesNone
Total damageNone
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South Pacific tropical cyclone seasons
2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

The 2021–22 South Pacific cyclone season is the period of the year when most tropical cyclones form within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E. The season officially started from November 1, 2021, and will end on April 30, 2022, however a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 and would count towards the season total. During the season, tropical cyclones will be 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) will also monitor the basin and issue 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 over a period of ten minutes, while the JTWC estimated sustained winds over a 1-minute period, which are subsequently compared to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS).

Seasonal summary

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Tropical cyclone scales#Comparisons across basins

Systems

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Tropical Cyclone Dovi

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Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 
DurationOctober 27 – November 6
Peak intensity85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
992 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Disturbance 02F

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Tropical disturbance (Australian scale)
 
DurationNovember 15 – Present
Peak intensity45 km/h (30 mph) (10-min);
1008 hPa (mbar)

Storm names

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Within the Southern Pacific, a tropical depression is judged to have reached tropical cyclone intensity should it reach winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) and it is evident that gales are occurring at least halfway around the center. With tropical depressions intensifying into a tropical cyclone between the Equator and 25°S and between 160°E - 120°W named by the FMS. However should a tropical depression intensify to the south of 25°S between 160°E and 120°W it will be named in conjunction with the FMS by MetService. Should a tropical cyclone move out of the basin and into the Australian region it will retain its original name. The next 10 names on the naming list are listed here below.

  • Dovi
  • Eva (unused)
  • Fili (unused)
  • Gina (unused)
  • Hale (unused)
  • Irene (unused)
  • Judy (unused)
  • Kevin (unused)
  • Lola (unused)
  • Mal (unused)

Season effects

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This table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific to the east of 160th meridian during the 2020–21 season. It includes their intensity on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, duration, name, landfalls, deaths, and damages. All meteorological data is taken from the warning centers while damage estimates are in 2021 USD.

Name Dates Peak intensity Areas affected Damage
(USD)
Deaths Refs
Category Wind speed Pressure
Dovi October 27 – November 6  Category 2 tropical cyclone 110 km/h (70 mph) 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) American Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia None None
02F November 15 – Present Tropical disturbance 45 km/h (30 mph) 1,008 hPa (29.77 inHg) None None None
Season aggregates
2 systems October 27 –
Season ongoing
110 km/h (70 mph) 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) None None