There may officially be one month to go in the 2025 hurricane season, but State Climatologist Jay Grymes says for all intents and purposes, Louisiana will make it through this year unscathed.
“I do think we can stand down here in Louisiana. The tropical threat is over,” Grymes said.
Grymes says that’s because history has shown that this time of year, the threat of tropical weather in the Gulf of Mexico is nonexistent.
“November 1st is the latest that any location, west of the Mississippi Alabama State line, has ever had to deal with a landfall,” Grymes explained.
Grymes says not only is Louisiana out of danger for this year, but our neighbors to the east can breathe a sigh of relief as well.
“Not only are Texas and Louisiana out of the picture, but the central Gulf Coast is out of the picture in terms of history,” Grymes noted.
This year, no storm of at least tropical storm strength made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The closest was Tropical Storm Barry, which made landfall in central Mexico in late June.
