Tropical Storm Brews in Atlantic as Hurricane Season Remains Quiet

As of October 6th, 2025, forecasters are closely monitoring a fast-moving disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic that is expected to reach the northern Leeward Islands later this week. This system is likely to develop into a tropical depression, potentially strengthening into a tropical storm in the coming days.

Despite the new system, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been remarkably quiet for the United States so far. In recent weeks, major hurricanes Imelda and Humberto formed, but they did not make direct landfall on the US East Coast. Instead, the storms were pulled away by a rare Fujiwhara Effect, where the two hurricanes became intertwined, causing Imelda to veer away from the East Coast.

In fact, the last time the US saw no hurricane landfalls through the month of September was back in 2015. The only named storm to impact the US this year was Tropical Storm Chantal, which battered the Carolinas in July, causing between $4-6 billion in damage and economic loss.

While the Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30th, the lack of direct impacts on the US so far this year is a notable trend. Stronger and taller storms have often been pulled away by high-altitude winds, sparing the Southeast and East Coast from major flooding and damage.