NOAA predicts above average 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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23-05-2025

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its forecast for the 2025 Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season. They are forecasting above-average activity
We are now 10 days away from the start of the 2025 hurricane season, which runs from June 1st through November 30th.
Here is a look at the forecast for the 2025 hurricane season.
Last year, forecasters were also predicting an above-average season, but not record-setting.
Here is a look at the Saphir Simpson Scale.
Here is a look at the most active seasons compared to the 2024 season.
Note that TS stands for Tropical Storm, TD stands for Tropical Depression,
Here is a look at last year's forecast and the actual numbers. Forecasters were slightly off on total storms but spot on on the number of hurricanes and major hurricanes in the Atlantic.
Even though the 2024 season was not as active as some, it still had significant regional impacts.
Let's go back and take a look at the 2024 season.
Here is a look at the tracks of all the named storms from the 2024 season.
The 2024 season started slowly in early June, but Hurricane Beryl formed in the Atlantic in late June and early July.
Hurricane Beryl broke the record for the earliest category five storm recorded in the Atlantic Basin. According to NOAA, Beryl made landfall in Carriacou, Grenada, as a Category 4 storm.
When it reached the Yucatan Peninsula and then tracked towards the Texas coastline, Beryl had weakened. As a Category 1 storm, Beryl made landfall in Texas. Beryle is now a retired name. There were 14 direct deaths in the United States from Beryl.
The next storm to impact the United States was Hurricane Debby. Hurricane Debby was the second storm in less than a year to impact the Big Bend of Florida. Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm.
Debby continued its track along the eastern coastline, impacting the Carolinas and the New England states. According to NOAA, Debby was responsible for 17 deaths in the United States.
Later in September, the Hurricane season started to pick up. Hurricane Francine formed on September 9th and made landfall as a Category 2 storm in Louisiana on September 11th. Francine marked the 3rd hurricane to make landfall on the Gulf Coast in 2024.
Later in September, Hurricane Helene formed. It tracked along Florida's west coast and made landfall as a Category 4 storm, causing impacts again in the Big Bend.
After crossing Florida, it would travel to the Appalachian Mountains, bringing historic flooding and record rainfall.
Buisk, North Carolina, received almost 31 inches of rainfall, while most of the Blue Ridge Parkway experienced between 20 and 30 inches of rainfall and hurricane-force winds.
Over 1000 landslides were reported by the USGS in the Appalachian Mountains.
Over 200 deaths were reported from Helene, with most of the deaths occurring in the mountains of North Carolina.
Millions were also without power, and thousands were without cell service after Hurricane Helene.
Helene is now one of the most deadly and costly hurricanes on record, and the name Helene has been retired.
The last Hurricane to bring impacts to the United States was Milton. Milton was the strongest storm of the season based on pressure and is now one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin.
Milton formed in the Gulf and quickly strengthened into a strong Category 5 storm, weakening to a Category 3 storm by the time it made landfall along the west coast of Florida. According to NOAA, 12 people died from Hurricane Milton in the United States.
The last storm of the season was Tropical Storm Sara on November 18th.
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