The long lull in tropical activity, right at the peak of hurricane season, has flummoxed meteorologists. Mid-September is the peak of the peak, yet the Atlantic has been quiet for 19 days straight, as of Tuesday.

In the modern satellite era since 1966, “we’ve never seen a shutout” during this very active “window of the season, when on average 4 named storms and 2 hurricanes form each season,” wrote Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist at WPLG-Ch. 10, in a tropical weather newsletter .

“With this extended lull at the peak,” Lowry said, “the 2025 hurricane season is quickly running a deficit and as of today overall activity is almost 50% below average.”

Lowry and others have some ideas as to what’s going on. “The main thing that I’m seeing is that the Bermuda-Azores High … has been muc

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