Hurricane season ends without Florida landfall

No hurricanes hit the continental United States in 2025, though the Atlantic hurricane season did see the second most Category 5 storms ever.

By S.T. Cardinal
| 8:00 a.m. December 4, 2025

Longboat Key
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After an overly eventful 2024 hurricane season, 2025 came and went quietly for Florida.

The Atlantic hurricane season was from June 1 to Nov. 30. The number of named storms was 13, within the lower range of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s predictions for the season in May. Thankfully, no hurricanes hit the continental United States. Tropical Storm Chantal, however, made landfall in the Carolinas.

The severity of the storms that did form was unique, with three Category 5 hurricanes: Erin, Humberto and Melissa. That is the second most since tracking began for the number of Category 5 storms in a single season. In 2005, there were four Category 5 storms.

Although the United States mostly escaped harm, Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica with winds reaching 185 mph, tying for the second-highest wind speeds ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.

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S.T. Cardinal

S.T. "Tommy" Cardinal is the Longboat Key news reporter. The Sarasota native earned a degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a minor in environmental studies. In Central Florida, Cardinal worked for a monthly newspaper covering downtown Orlando and College Park. He then worked for a weekly newspaper in coastal South Carolina where he earned South Carolina Press Association awards for his local government news coverage and photography.