The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is the future event for the annual Atlantic hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially begins on June 1, 2025, and will end on November 30, 2025. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic Ocean (over 97%). The National Hurricane Center (NHC) will begin issuing regular Tropical Weather Outlooks on May 15, 2025, about two weeks prior to the start of the season.
| 2025 Atlantic hurricane season | |
|---|---|
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | Season not started |
| Last system dissipated | Season not started |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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Seasonal forecasts
edit| Source | Date | Named storms |
Hurricanes | Major hurricanes |
Ref | |
| Average (1991–2020) | 14.4 | 7.2 | 3.2 | [1] | ||
| Record high activity | 30 | 15 | 7† | [2] | ||
| Record low activity | 1 | 0† | 0† | [2] | ||
| TSR | December 11, 2024 | 15 | 7 | 3 | [3] | |
| Actual activity | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| * June–November only † Most recent of several such occurrences. (See all) | ||||||
In advance of, and during, each hurricane season, several forecasts of hurricane activity are issued by national meteorological services, scientific agencies, and noted hurricane experts. These include forecasters from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Climate Prediction Center, Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), the United Kingdom's Met Office, and Colorado State University (CSU). The forecasts include weekly and monthly changes in significant factors that help determine the amount of tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes within a particular season.
According to NOAA and CSU, the average hurricane season between 1991 and 2020 contained about 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes (Category 3 and higher), as well as an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index of 72-111 units. Broadly speaking, ACE is the measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical cyclone multiplied by the length of time it existed. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical or subtropical cyclones reaching wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h) or higher. NOAA typically describes a season as above-average, average, or below-average depending on the cumulative ACE index, but the number of tropical storms, hurricanes or major hurricanes can also be considered.
Pre-season forecasts
editOn December 10, 2024, Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) released its extended range forecast for the 2025 season, predicting an average season with fifteen named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes.[3]
Storm names
editThe following list of names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2025.[4] This is the same list used in the 2019 season, with the exception of Dexter, which replaced Dorian.[5]
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Season effects
editThe following is a table which will include all of the storms that form in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It will include their duration, names, intensities, areas affected, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2025 USD.
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| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category at peak intensity |
Max 1-min wind mph (km/h) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Ref(s) | ||
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| 0 systems | Season not started | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Background Information: North Atlantic Hurricane Season". College Park, Maryland: Climate Prediction Center. April 9, 2021. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "North Atlantic Ocean Historical Tropical Cyclone Statistics". Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ a b Wood, Nick (December 10, 2024). "Extended Range Forecast for North Atlantic Hurricane Activity in 2025" (PDF). Tropical Storm Risk. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Names". Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ^ "WMO Hurricane Committee retires tropical cyclone names and ends the use of Greek alphabet". World Meteorological Organization. March 17, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2024.