It’s been a busy Atlantic Hurricane Season that broke many several records –but it was also a remarkably quiet one for the United States which saw no landfalling hurricanes for the first time in 10 years. While it was lethal and catastrophic for other areas, like Jamaica which had a direct hit with a Major Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, the U.S. only saw the impact from one tropical storm early in the year. And while the Gulf of Mexico saw warmer than normal temperatures much of the season, it had no activity this season.

The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. While there are still days left in the season, the National Hurricane Center expects no tropical cyclones to form over the next week and long range computer guidance projects no tropical cyclone surprises for the U.S. for the balance of the season.

The 2025 Atlantic season was atypical  in its storm distribution, with slightly below-normal numbers of named storms and hurricanes but an above-normal number of major hurricanes including three Category 5 hurricanes – the second most on record. There were 13 tropical depressions, 13 tropical storms, and 5 hurricanes.  The season claimed over 127 lives and cost more than $10 billion in damages, much of that in Jamaica.

While the U.S. saw no landfalling hurricanes, it was hit by a single tropical storm. In early July 2025. Chantal originated from a decaying frontal boundary over Florida. It then moved offshore into the Atlantic Ocean and rapidly organized into a tropical depression on July 4. The next day, the system became better organized and was upgraded to tropical storm status. The system made landfall  early on July 6 in South Carolina, and then rapidly weakening into a tropical depression inland later that day. While not a hurricane, Chantal was still very impactful: it was responsible for 6 deaths and $500 million in damages.