2021–22 South Pacific cyclone season

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	December 13 (Entered basin) – December 15
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 975 hPa (mbar)

On December 13, Tropical Cyclone Ruby moved into the basin from the Australian region, as a Category 2 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale.[13][14] Late on the same day, it made landfall on New Caledonia, and weakened as it emerged from the country.[15] The FMS downgraded Ruby into a Category 1 tropical cyclone,[16] and the JTWC issued their final advisory shortly thereafter.[17] Ruby crossed into the MetService's area of responsibility, where it became an extratropical cyclone on December 15.[18]

Tropical disturbance (Australian scale)
Duration	December 17 – December 20
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 1004 hPa (mbar)

On December 17, the FMS reported that a tropical disturbance had developed in an area of low vertical wind shear, about 625 km (390 mi) to the northeast of Port Vila in Vanuatu. The FMS designated the tropical disturbance as 02F. Deep convection associated with the system persisted on a convergence line, away from the system's low-level circulation center.[19] By December 20 the FMS issuing their final warning.[20]

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	January 5 – January 13
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min); 971 hPa (mbar)

On January 5, the FMS reported that a tropical disturbance had developed.[21] It was designated as 03F.

03F caused heavy rain in Fiji as a tropical depression, leading to flooding and infrastructure damage. 4,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes.[22] On January 10, a man drowned in Fiji while attempting to cross a flooding river.[23]On the same day, the system was upgraded to a Category 1 tropical cyclone by the FMS, receiving the name Cody. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center also upgraded the system to a tropical storm. While the FMS recorded a peak intensity of 130 km/h (80 mph), the JTWC only recorded a peak intensity of 95 km/h (60 mph). Cody dissipated on January 13.

Tropical depression (Australian scale)
Duration	January 15 – January 18
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 999 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Disturubance 04F formed on January 15, and its position was last noted on January 18 as a Tropical Depression.

Tropical disturbance (Australian scale)
Duration	January 19 – January 22
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 999 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Disturbance 05F formed on January 19 and dissipated on January 22. The JTWC reclassified 05F as a subtropical storm.

Tropical disturbance (Australian scale)
Duration	January 28 – January 30
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 1001 hPa (mbar)

During January 28, the FMS started to monitor a tropical disturbance, which had developed about 185 km (115 mi) to the west of Port Villa in Vanuatu. It was designated as 06F. 06F was last noted on January 30.

Tropical disturbance (Australian scale)
Duration	February 3 (Entered basin) – February 7
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 998 hPa (mbar)

On February 3, Tropical Low 16U entered the basin and was reclassified as Tropical Disturbance 07F by the FMS. 07F was last noted on February 7, near New Caledonia.

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 6 – February 12
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min); 940 hPa (mbar)

During February 6, Tropical Low 18U moved into the basin from the Australian region and was classified as Tropical Disturbance 08F by the FMS. On February 8, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) for the system, it was upgraded to a tropical depression by the FMS. The next day, the JTWC issued its first warning on the system, classifying it as Tropical Cyclone 11P and the FMS reported that the depression had developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and named it Dovi.

On February 10, Dovi continued to move south-southwest and made landfall on Isle of Pines in New Caledonia, where it became slow-moving and intensified into a category 2 system. The FMS reported that the system intensified to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, with 10-minute sustained winds of 65 kn (120 km/h; 75 mph) while the JTWC reported that Dovi had become equivalent to a Category 1 system on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) as a defined eye began to clear on infrared satellite imagery.

At around 00:00 UTC on February 11, Dovi moved into MetService's area of responsibility and the FMS ceased advisories on the system. Three hours later, MetService subsequently reported that cyclone reached to a category 4 system. Despite MetService reporting a peak of 10-minute sustained winds of 95 kn (175 km/h; 110 mph), the JTWC only reported a peak of 1-minute sustained winds of 80 kn (150 km/h; 90 mph). Dovi weakened into a Category 3 system as it began extratropical transition, with the JTWC issuing their final advisory that day. MetService reclassified it as an extratropical low the next day. On February 12 UTC (Sunday 13 February NZDT), Dovi made landfall as an extratropical storm in the Waitomo District in New Zealand's North Island. Severe weather was felt across much of the island, with heavy rain causing flooding and slips.

Dovi caused widespread flooding in both Vanuatu and New Caledonia, with the heavy winds also bringing down power and telephone lines in New Caledonia. Authorities in New Caledonia issued a rescue alert across the territory. The town of Featherston was placed under a boil water notice after flooding contaminated the town's water supply. Heavy wind brought down trees, damaging property and causing widespread power outages, while the Auckland Harbour Bridge was closed to traffic. The worst affected regions were Wellington, Taranaki, Waikato, and Auckland. $54,840,000 NZD of damage was done by Dovi in New Zealand. One person was seriously injured in Raglan after a tree fell onto the car they were driving.

Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	February 26 – March 5
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min); 995 hPa (mbar)

On February 26, a tropical disturbance formed and was designated as 09F by the FMS; it intensified to a tropical depression on the next day. On March 3, The JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical cyclone and identified it as 18P. The tropical depression intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone and was named Eva. The peak was short-lived, as Eva moved to the southeast and the JTWC reclassified Eva as a subtropical cyclone. Eva dissipated on March 5. The remnants of Eva intensified the rainfall during the 2022 eastern Australia floods in late February and early March.

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 3 – April 9
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 977 hPa (mbar)

During April 3, the FMS and the BoM started to monitor Tropical Disturbance 10F/31U, which had developed about 410 km (255 mi) to the northwest of Port Vila in Vanuatu.[24][25] The next day, in an unofficial bulletin, the JTWC classified the system as a "tropical cyclone", when it reached 35 knots on the Saffir-Simpson scale.[26] The FMS did the same and was named Fili. The eye formed at its center, and the FMS upgraded the system to Category 2 cyclone with 10-min winds at 70 mph and a pressure of 977 mbar. Fili started to weaken as it moved to an area of subtropical confection and the JTWC reclassified Fili as a subtropical storm. Fili dissipated on April 9.

MetService issued red heavy rain warnings in Gisborne and Wairoa as the cyclone approached the country.[27] Fili brought heavy rain and wind to areas around East Cape on April 12 and 13, leading to flooding, downed trees, power outages, and closed roads.[28]

Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	May 16 – May 21
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min); 998 hPa (mbar)

During May 16, the FMS reported that Tropical Disturbance 11F had developed, about 600 km (375 mi) to the northeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu. At this time, the system had a broad low-level circulation centre, which had light winds of 5–10 mph (10–20 km/h) associated with it. Over the next day, atmospheric convection consolidated over the low level circulation center, within a favourable environment for further development with robust outflow, low-moderate vertical windshear and warm sea-surface temperatures of around 29–30 °C (84–86 °F). As a result, the JTWC issued a tropical cyclone formation alert (TCFA) on the disturbance and warned that there was a high potential for the disturbance to develop into a tropical cyclone, as it moved south-westwards towards Vanuatu. The FMS subsequently reported that the disturbance had developed into a tropical depression, while it was located about 435 km (270 mi) to the northeast of Port Vila. The JTWC subsequently cancelled the TCFA during May 18, after the depression had veered westwards from its south-westwards track, into an area of high vertical wind shear, while its low level circulation became fully exposed and decoupled from its central deep overcast.

Later that day, the JTWC initiated advisories on the depression and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 26P, after a fresh area of atmospheric convection had started to grow and expand over the low-level circulation. The FMS subsequently reported that the depression had developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone and named it Gina, after winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) had been observed near the systems centre. The newly named system subsequently struggled to overcome the effects of the vertical windshear and maintain deep persistent atmospheric convection, as it moved south-westwards along the subtropical ridge of high pressure. Gina dissipated on May 21.

Heavy rain associated with Gina caused flooding to be reported in various parts of Vanuatu, including at Port Vila's Bauerfield Airport which caused both domestic and international flights to be cancelled.

The subtropical storm on January 12, 2022

On January 13, 2022, the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) noted a subtropical storm approximately 440 nmi (810 km; 510 mi) to the west-southwest of the Juan Fernández Islands.[29] The small storm dissipated the next day.[30] Similar to previous storms that formed in this region, it was unofficially named Humberto by researchers, in honor of Humberto Fuenzalida.[31]