2025 Hurricane Season Predicted to be Active

NOAA press release

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast for the June 1 to November 30 Atlantic hurricane season predicts a 30% chance of a near-normal season but a 60% chance of an above-normal season.

NOAA is forecasting between 13 to 19 total named storms, 6 to10 of which are forecast to become hurricanes, including 3 to 5 which may become category 3 or greater hurricanes.

The Atlantic continues to be a high activity region of the world’s oceans, with extremely warm surface water and reduced trade winds. The warmer surface water provides more energy to fuel storm development, while weaker winds allow the storms to develop without disruption. 

The 2025 hurricane season also features the potential for a northward shift of the West African monsoon, a major wind system. That shift could create tropical waves moving westward which in the past have produced some of the strongest and most long-lived Atlantic storms.

In 2024, 18 storms formed, including devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton.