Is the 2025 Atlantic Basin hurricane season over?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The official hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin ends November 30th, but are we expecting any new named storms before the season wraps up?

2025 Hurricane Season

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+).

Three out of the 4 major hurricanes reached Category 5 strength (Erin, Humberto, Melissa).

November in the Tropics

The hurricane season is 95% complete, but there still have been some big November storms in years past.

Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of Nicaragua before ejecting back into the Caribbean Sea and traveling north into the Gulf, strengthening back into a hurricane.

Ida made landfall as an extra-tropical storm near Dauphin Island, Alabama, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to the Gulf coast.

Kate (November 15-23, 1985) impacted several Caribbean Islands as a hurricane before steering into the Gulf, further strengthening into a major hurricane.

Kate made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane along the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.

So is the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season over?

There’s a good chance the 2025 hurricane season is near finished. Colder temperatures and higher wind shear are unfavorable for tropical development. Strong fall cold fronts steer away storms, statistically limiting storms from moving into the Gulf.

The National Hurricane Center is not expecting any tropical development in the next seven days, and long-range computer models are also in agreement. An additional storm or two is certainly possible, but Texas has nothing to worry about!