The Colorado State University hurricane forecast team continues to call for a slightly above-average 2025 hurricane season. There have been four named storms so far this year, but none of them have grown to hurricane strength. Dr. Phil Klotzbach says they predict a dozen more named storms, eight of which will strengthen into hurricanes.
“Of those eight, three becoming major Category 3-4-5 hurricanes, those are hurricanes with winds of 111 miles per hour greater. That’s pretty above the long-term average of 14 storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes,” Klotzbach said.
Klotzbach says two weeks from now, we’ll be entering the peak of the hurricane season.
“While the season is six months long, stuff really doesn’t ramp up until you get into August. The hurricane centers monitor more areas, and things do look to become much more conducive here in the next couple of weeks.
Klotzbach says in a sign that the season will soon become more active, the tropical Atlantic has warmed faster than normal over the past few weeks, due to relatively weak winds blowing across the area.
“The Atlantic, right now, is quite a bit warmer than normal. Thankfully, not nearly as warm as last year at this time. It’s still running well above average,” Klotzbach noted.
