Overview of Tropical Cyclone in December 2022

One tropical cyclone occurred over the western North Pacific in December 2022.

Pakhar formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific about 490 km east-northeast of Manila in the small hours on 11 December. It moved generally northeastwards and intensified gradually. Pakhar developed into a tropical storm that night and reached its peak intensity in the small hours on 12 December with an estimated maximum sustained wind of 75 km/h near its centre. It then weakened gradually and degenerated into an area of low pressure over the western North Pacific to the south of Ryukyu Islands that night.