Last year, NOAA predicted an above-average number of storms, with between 8 and 13 hurricanes. The 2024 season ended up producing 11 hurricanes, five of which strengthened into major hurricanes. Five hurricanes made landfall in the continental U.S., including two — Helene and Milton — that hit as major hurricanes.

The 2025 hurricane season is off to a brisk start in the eastern Pacific with five named storms forming before the Atlantic has seen one - a pattern that has historically suggested that parts of the Gulf of America,

Hurricane forecasters are keeping an eye on a new system in the Atlantic for potential tropical development as the busy Pacific season continues