For the first time in 10 years, no hurricane has made landfall in the U.S. through the end of September. Here's why.

To date, Arizona and New Mexico have spent 6 days each in the cone from a pair of tropical systems in the eastern Pacific. That is double the amount of days Florida has spent in the cone during the 2025 season. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have spent no days in the NHC forecast cone.

Going all the way back to 1842, Texas has never been hit by a tropical system after October 15. The last and only time it came close was that very day, October 15, 1989, when Hurricane Jerry made landfall in Southeast Texas. Jerry came ashore at Jamaica Beach as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph at 7:30 p.m. CDT.

Want to feel a little better? By early October in 2020, there had been 26 named storms, compared to 12 so far in 2025.

Grab an umbrella — tropical moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla pushed into Arizona, bringing days of showers and cooler temperatures.

Hurricane Helene barreled into the Carolinas last year with wind, water, chaos, heartache, destruction and death. Western North Carolina took the brunt of the storm, but South Carolina, the Upstate and Greenville County were not spared. Helene took the ...

Major Hurricane Erin is a very large hurricane passing just east of the Turks and Caicos and southeast Bahamas Monday and Tuesday. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Turks and Caicos and parts of the Bahamas.

Article first published: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, 5 a.m. ET