The eastern Pacific has seen three tropical storms form in less than a week. In the Atlantic basin, wind shear is helping keep conditions quiet. The most common locations for June storms to develop are the northwestern Caribbean,

June is hurricane season's first and one of the slowest months. According to the National Hurricane Center, two tropical storms formed in June last year. The first was on June 23. Neither storm made landfall in the U.S. One storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and the other far off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean.

The first week of hurricane season 2026 in the tropical Atlantic came in like a lamb, but there is a system in the Gulf forecasters are watching.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a lower-than-average number of named storms between Monday and Nov. 30 thanks to “El Niño.” The recurring weather event known to lower the jet stream over the southeastern

NOAA predicts a total of eight to 14 named storms during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Their potential names have already been predetermined.

Only a handful of intense storms have ever been recorded in this part of the world

Will it rain today? Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Nov. 30, 2026, with most tropical storm activity between August and October in Florida.