2025 Atlantic hurricane season

2025 Atlantic hurricane season
Season summary map
First storm formed June 24, 2025
Last storm dissipated Season ongoing
Strongest storm Chantal – 1002 mbar (hPa) (29.6 inHg), 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Total depressions 3
Total storms 3
Hurricanes 0
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) 0
Total fatalities 14 total
Total damage > $61.97 million (2025 USD)
Atlantic hurricane seasons
2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is a current event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially began on June 1 and will end on November 30, 2025.[1][2]

These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period of each year in which the majority of tropical or subtropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic Ocean (more than 97%). The first system, Tropical Storm Andrea, formed on June 24, marking the latest start to an Atlantic season since 2014.[3]

Overview

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1, with tropical weather forecasts beginning on May 15. So far, three tropical cyclones have formed. The season’s Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE), calculated by Colorado State University using National Hurricane Center data, is 1,215 units.[4]

Early in the season, storm formation was limited due to several factors: a strong Atlantic anticyclone pushed tropical waves south toward Central America and the eastern Pacific, dry Saharan dust spread across the Atlantic, and atmospheric wave interactions over the Americas also played a role.[5]

References

  1. "Tropical Cyclone Names". Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  2. "WMO Hurricane Committee retires tropical cyclone names and ends the use of Greek alphabet". World Meteorological Organization. March 17, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. Jon, Jelsema; Blake, Eric (June 24, 2025). Tropical Storm Andrea Discussion Number 2 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  4. "Frequently Asked Questions". Miami, Florida: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  5. Rice, Doyle; Pulver, Dinah Voyles (June 22, 2025). "The 2025 hurricane season is off to a perplexing start". USA Today. Retrieved June 23, 2025.