Martin became the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season on Nov. 2, just a day after becoming a tropical storm in the open northern Atlantic.

What You Need To Know

  • Tropical Storm Martin formed over the central Atlantic on Nov. 1

  • Martin became a hurricane on Nov. 2

  • It remained over the open ocean during its entirety

Martin formed in the Central Atlantic, northeast of Bermuda, on Nov. 1. 

The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Nov. 2 as it headed east.

Martin was also at its strongest on Nov. 3. That afternoon, it became a large post-tropical system. It gradually weakened, but remained very large.

Martin did not have any direct impacts to land, although it created large swells.

See how the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has gone so far.