In what was expected to be an active Atlantic hurricane season, storm activity has been unusually quiet during what is considered the peak of the season. In recent years, the Atlantic has typically produced multiple tropical storms and hurricanes during this time, driven in part by warming sea-surface temperatures.

But the 2025 season has been different.

Sea-surface temperatures have remained warmer than average, but ocean warmth is far from the only factor that fuels hurricanes. Typically, hurricane season peaks around Sept. 10. An average Atlantic season produces 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Phil Klotzbach, senior research scientist for the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, told Scripps News Group in Fort Myers that strong

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