Editing Weather of 2022 (section)

===May===
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[[File:Canadianderecho2022.jpg|thumb|[[GOES-16]] Imagery of a derecho going across [[Ontario]]]]
In May 2022, the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] documented 26 weather-related fatalities and 110 weather-related injuries in the [[United States]] and [[Territories of the United States]].<ref name="NOAA May 2022">{{cite web |title=Storm Event Database - May 2022 |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DI&statefips=-999%2CALL&eventType=%28Z%29+Astronomical+Low+Tide&eventType=%28Z%29+Avalanche&eventType=%28Z%29+Blizzard&eventType=%28Z%29+Coastal+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Cold%2FWind+Chill&eventType=%28Z%29+Debris+Flow&eventType=%28Z%29+Dense+Fog&eventType=%28Z%29+Dense+Smoke&eventType=%28Z%29+Drought&eventType=%28C%29+Dust+Devil&eventType=%28Z%29+Dust+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Excessive+Heat&eventType=%28Z%29+Extreme+Cold%2FWind+Chill&eventType=%28C%29+Flash+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Flood&eventType=%28Z%29+Freezing+Fog&eventType=%28Z%29+Frost%2FFreeze&eventType=%28C%29+Funnel+Cloud&eventType=%28C%29+Hail&eventType=%28Z%29+Heat&eventType=%28C%29+Heavy+Rain&eventType=%28Z%29+Heavy+Snow&eventType=%28Z%29+High+Surf&eventType=%28Z%29+High+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Hurricane+%28Typhoon%29&eventType=%28Z%29+Ice+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Lake-Effect+Snow&eventType=%28Z%29+Lakeshore+Flood&eventType=%28C%29+Lightning&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Hail&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+High+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Strong+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Marine+Thunderstorm+Wind&eventType=%28Z%29+Rip+Current&eventType=%28Z%29+Seiche&eventType=%28Z%29+Sleet&eventType=%28Z%29+Sneakerwave&eventType=%28Z%29+Storm+Surge%2FTide&eventType=%28Z%29+Strong+Wind&eventType=%28C%29+Thunderstorm+Wind&eventType=%28C%29+Tornado&eventType=%28Z%29+Tropical+Depression&eventType=%28Z%29+Tropical+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Tsunami&eventType=%28Z%29+Volcanic+Ash&eventType=%28Z%29+Waterspout&eventType=%28Z%29+Wildfire&eventType=%28Z%29+Winter+Storm&eventType=%28Z%29+Winter+Weather&beginDate_yyyy=2022&beginDate_mm=05&beginDate_dd=01&endDate_yyyy=2022&endDate_mm=05&endDate_dd=31 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>

* [[2022 Iraq dust storms]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Iraq dust storm leaves 5,000 people needing treatment |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61335124 |access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref>
* May 12 &ndash; A [[May 2022 Midwest derecho|derecho]] in the [[Midwestern United States]] caused 5 deaths, 13 injuries and $1.3 billion in damage.
* May 14 – September 7 - [[2022 North American heat waves|Heat waves in North America]] kill 117 people and cause $9.3 billion in damage.<ref name="NOAA billions"/>
* May 20 - A severe weather and tornado outbreak causes one death and 60 injuries. Eight tornados, of which three were F2 and five F1 touched down. The cities of [[Lippstadt]] and [[Paderborn]] were struck by F2 tornadoes each.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=eswd.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tornadoliste.de |title=Tornadoliste Deutschland |url=https://tornadoliste.de/ |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=Tornadoliste Deutschland |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wetter und Klima - Deutscher Wetterdienst - Thema des Tages - Der Tornadoausbruch am 20.05.2022 - Analyse und Einordnung |url=https://www.dwd.de/DE/wetter/thema_des_tages/2022/5/30.html |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=www.dwd.de}}</ref>
* May 20 – An EF3 tornado in [[Gaylord, Michigan]] causes 2 deaths and 44 injuries.<ref>{{cite report|agency=National Weather Service in Gaylord, Michigan|title=NWS Damage Survey for 05/20/22 Gaylord Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSAPX&e=202205220033|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=May 21, 2022|access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
* May 21 – [[May 2022 Canadian derecho|A powerful derecho]] (thunderstorm and windstorm) struck a swath of [[Southern Ontario]] and western Quebec killing 10 people in Ontario and 1 Quebecer who was boating on the [[Ottawa River]].<ref name="CTV Toronto1">{{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/cleanup-continues-after-ontario-storm-leaves-9-dead-more-than-200k-without-power-1.5915047|title=Cleanup continues after ontario storm leaves 9 dead; more than 200 k without power|date=May 23, 2022|first=Katherine|last=DeClerq}}</ref><ref name="CTV Ottawa1">{{cite web|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/what-is-a-derecho-climatologist-explains-saturday-s-powerful-storm-1.5914534|title=What's a 'derecho'? Climatologist explains Saturday's powerful storm|first=Ted|last=Raymond|date=May 23, 2022}}</ref>  Most of the Ontario deaths were the result of falling trees, including single fatalities in Greater Madawaska, Ottawa, Brampton, North Kawartha, Port Hope, Ganaraska Forest in Clarington, Kitchener and Peterborough with one person killed when a tree hit a trailer at Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area south of Cambridge.<ref name="CTV Toronto1"/><ref name="CTV Toronto2">{{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/8-people-dead-after-storm-rips-through-ontario-tens-of-thousands-without-power-1.5914320|title=8 people dead after storm rips through Ontario; tens of thousands with power|date=May 22, 2022|first=Katherine|last=DeClerq}}</ref> Winds of 132&nbsp;km/h were recorded in Kitchener, while winds of 120&nbsp;km/h were recorded in both Toronto and Ottawa.<ref name="CTV Toronto2"/><ref name="CTV Ottawa1"/> By Saturday evening, over 500,000 residences in Ontario and 460,000 residences in Quebec were without power due to wind and rain causing numerous trees and electricity poles to fall down.<ref name="CTV Toronto1"/><ref name="CTV Toronto2"/><ref name="CTV Montreal">{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/around-400-000-homes-still-without-power-in-quebec-due-to-severe-thunderstorms-1.5914240|title=Around 400,000 homes still without power around Quebec due to severe thunderstorms|date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> Many buildings, cars, electricity polls and hydro transmission towers across Southern Ontario (including over 800 electricity polls and four hydro transmission towers) and in parts of Quebec were damaged by falling trees and branches or by the fierce winds alone.<ref name="CTV Toronto1"/><ref name="CTV Toronto2"/><ref name="CTV Montreal"/>
* May 22 – Heavy rains have caused [[2022 Sylhet floods|widespread flooding]] in northeastern parts of Bangladesh and in the state of Assam, India, leaving millions stranded and 41 dead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/dozens-dead-millions-stranded-as-floods-ravage-bangladesh-and-india | title=Dozens dead, millions stranded as floods ravage Bangladesh and India | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=May 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* May 28&ndash;31 &ndash; [[Hurricane Agatha]] became the strongest [[hurricane]] to make [[landfall]] along the Pacific coast of [[Mexico]] in the month of May since records began in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Samenow |first=Jason |date=May 30, 2022 |title=Agatha strikes Mexico as its strongest May hurricane |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/30/hurricane-agatha-mexico-landfall/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220531011759/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/30/hurricane-agatha-mexico-landfall/ |archive-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref> On the afternoon of May&nbsp;30, the hurricane made landfall just west of [[Puerto Ángel]], [[Oaxaca]], with winds of 105&nbsp;mph (165&nbsp;km/h). Agatha weakened rapidly as it moved inland, and soon dissipated. Heavy rain brought by the storm triggered landslides and flash flooding, killing at least 9 and leaving 6 missing in Oaxaca.<ref name="downto9">{{Cite web |last=Agence France-Presse |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Mexico lowers Hurricane Agatha toll to nine dead |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220602-mexico-lowers-hurricane-agatha-toll-to-nine-dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604000504/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220602-mexico-lowers-hurricane-agatha-toll-to-nine-dead |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>