Imagine being in the heart of the hurricane season with no significant systems to track across the Atlantic. The picture of serenity isn’t from a novel - it’s the reality across the basin.

Satellite images and forecast models show little activity across the tropics, a stark contrast to the traditional late August and early September surge in cyclones.

While the lack of development may give a sense of serenity, historical data suggests that such quiet stretches are not unprecedented.

In 2024, the Atlantic basin did not produce a single storm between Aug. 20 and Sept. 9. Two years earlier, in 2022, the basin went two full months without a named storm, including the entire month of August - usually the second-busiest month of the entire year for tropical cyclone formation.

Periods of inac

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