HOLT, Fla., April 4, 2024—Predictions for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season that starts June 1 have begun.

One of the first to issue a forecast for the upcoming season is Colorado State University’s Tropical Cyclones, Radar, Atmospheric Modeling and Software Team.

The CSU forecast calls for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes with four of them being category 3 or higher.

An average season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Landfall probability for this season is 51 percent for the entire U.S. coastline and 33 percent for the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle westward to Brownsville, Texas.

According to CSU, the reason for the above-average season prediction is due to above-average sea temperatures which fuel hurricanes and hurricane development.

Updates to the CSU forecast will be issued on June 11, July 9 and Aug. 6 as the season progresses.

Season predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be announced next month.

New hurricane names

In other hurricane news, the World Meteorological Organization announced yesterday that it has officially retired three hurricane names—Beryl, Helene and Milton—due to the death and destruction the storms caused in 2024. They will be replaced with Brianna, Holly and Miguel, accordingly.

Although it formed in June during hurricane season, Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Atlantic category 5 hurricane on record with major impacts in the Caribbean. It made a final landfall as a category 1 hurricane between Houston and Corpus Christi.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused catastrophic damage in the United States, according to the WMO.

Helene was the most intense storm to hit the Big Bend region since recordkeeping began. It made landfall just east of the Aucilla River about 25 miles east of Perry. The storm caused catastrophic flooding from Florida to the Appalachians.

According to the WMO, Helene was the deadliest hurricane to affect the continental United States since Katrina in 2005. More than 248 people lost their lives; damage was estimated at $78.7 billion.

Hurricane Milton made landfall as a category 3 storm near Siesta Key. According to the WMO, Milton’s rate of rapid intensification was among the highest ever observed. It reached category 5 intensity over the Gulf, but weakened before landfall.

Milton produced an historic and deadly tornado outbreak across Florida—15 fatalities, with 12 of those in the United States, and an estimated $34.3 billion in damages, according to the WMO.

The 2024 season was the ninth successive season with above-average activity with 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes and five major hurricanes.

The Atlantic season runs through Nov. 30.

2025 names

• Andrea
• Barry
• Chantal
• Dexter
• Erin
• Fernand
• Gabrielle
• Humberto
• Imelda
• Jerry
• Karen
• Lorenzo
• Melissa
• Nestor
• Olga
• Pablo
• Rebekah
• Sebastien
• Tanya
• Van
• Wendy