Editing Weather of 2022 (section)

=== December ===
[[File:Late December winter storm 2022-12-23 1720Z.jpg|thumb|[[December 2022 North American winter storm|A powerful winter storm]] at peak intensity over Canada on December 23]]
*December 5 - [[Utqiagvik, Alaska]] set a record high for the month of December, at {{convert|40|F|C}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brothstein |first1=Seth |title=December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic |url=https://apnews.com/article/science-alaska-weather-arctic-fairbanks-7087d796e414f8d0985c942da85d9bd5/gallery/d5ff0d05ea914b949b70c7c1196fa4ac |access-date=December 6, 2022 |publisher=AP News |date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
*December 6&ndash;10 - [[Cyclones Mandous and ARB 03|Cyclone Mandous]] kills nine people across [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 11, 2022 |title=At least four killed as Cyclone Mandous hits southern Indian state |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/least-four-killed-cyclone-mandous-hits-southern-indian-state-2022-12-10/ |access-date=December 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |title=5 SL fishermen missing after cyclone Mandous |url=https://www.dtnext.in/world/2022/12/13/5-sl-fishermen-missing-after-cyclone-mandous |access-date=December 21, 2022 |website=DT next |date=December 13, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*December 9&ndash;12 - [[Tropical Storm Pakhar (2022)|Tropical Storm Pakhar]], known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Rosal, kills eight people in the province of [[Tanay, Rizal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=Manila |date=December 11, 2022 |title=8 killed as flash floods hit Tanay, Rizal |url=https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314286634/8-killed-as-flash-floods-hit-tanay-rizal.html |access-date=December 28, 2022 |website=Manila Standard |language=en-US}}</ref>
*December 12&ndash;15 - [[Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022|Another devastating tornado outbreak]] hits the Southern United States. An EF3 tornado strikes the Union Village Apartments in [[Farmerville, Louisiana]]. The next day, an EF2 tornado strikes the [[New Orleans metropolitan area|New Orleans metro]] and damages some of the areas previously hit by [[Tornado outbreak of March 21–23, 2022#Gretna–Arabi–New Orleans East, Louisiana|another tornado]] earlier in the year.
*December 21–26 — A [[Late December 2022 North American winter storm|powerful winter storm]], unofficially named ''Winter Storm Elliott'' by [[The Weather Channel]], kills at least 100 people, cuts power to over 7.7 million customers, disrupts travel, and sets many record-breaking low temperatures across the United States and Canada, with [[Casper, Wyoming]] setting an all-time record low at {{Convert|-42|F|C}}.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Joshua Wolfson 307-266-0575 |title=Record low: Casper temp plunged to minus 42 overnight |url=https://trib.com/news/local/casper/record-low-casper-temp-plunged-to-minus-42-overnight/article_0206561c-8214-11ed-8de3-63d2896bc5a7.html |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=Casper Star-Tribune Online |date=December 22, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bomb Cyclone To Pack Snow, High Winds, Blizzard {{!}} Weather.com |url=https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2022-12-22-winter-storm-elliott-forecast-bomb-cyclone-snow-blizzard-damaging |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=The Weather Channel |language=en-US}}</ref>
*December 24–25 — A snowstorm in [[Japan]] kills 17 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heavy snow in Japan kills at least 17 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/26/heavy-snow-in-japan-kills-at-least-17 |work=The Guardian |date=December 26, 2022 |access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fatalities |first1=Weather |title=#BREAKING: December 2022 Japanese Snowstorm Fatality Total: 17 -17 in Japan #breakingnews #wxtwitter #Japan #snowstorm Source: The Guardian |url=https://twitter.com/WXFatalities/status/1607419924565184512 |website=Twitter |publisher=@WXFatalities |access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref>
*December 27 - A storm spreads high winds across [[Oregon]], leading to 5 fatalities from 3 crashes.<ref>[https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/28/oregon-storm-deaths-weather/ Storm’s high winds topple trees in 3 separate fatal collisions across Oregon], OPB, December 28, 2022</ref>
*December 31 — Record rainfall sweeps throughout [[California]], and the total rainfall accumulation in [[San Francisco]] reaches {{convert|5.46|in|cm|abbr=on}}, which is the second largest single day total on record. The storms also caused 2 people to die throughout the region.<ref>[https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/san-francisco-los-angeles-to-receive-more-heavy-rain-as-2023-gets-underway/1433011 San Francisco, Los Angeles to receive more heavy rain as 2023 gets underway], [[AccuWeather]], January 2, 2023</ref>
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