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Predictions for year 2026 - mainly for entertainment purposes

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Totals for North Atlantic hurricane season: 15 (sub)tropical cyclones, 12 nameable storms, 7 hurricanes, 2 major (ACE=79) Totals for East Pacific hurricane season: 21 (sub)tropical cyclones, 18 nameable storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 major (ACE=56)   Totals for Central Pacific hurricane season: 6 tropical cyclones, 6 nameable storms, 3 hurricanes, 3 major   Totals for Pacific typhoon season: 35 storms, 15 typhoons, 5 super typhoons (JTWC count)   Totals for North Indian Ocean cyclone season: 4 storms, 2 hurricane-equivalent, 1 major hurricane-equivalent (JTWC count)   Two (sub)tropical storms in Mediterranean, one hurricane   No (sub)tropical cyclones in Baltic Sea  State of Niño 3.4: beginning as weak La Niña, becoming cool neutral in DJF, warm neutral in JFM, weak El Niño in MAM, moderate El Niño in MJJ, strong El Niño in ASO   Arctic sea ice minimum: 4.01 million km²   Global annual average temperature: 1.55 degrees Celsius above 20th century ave...

2025 hurricane season predictions

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2025 Atlantic hurricane season nameable storms - hurricanes - major hurricanes Final predictions as of June 1st, 2025 Deadline for new and revised predictions was May 31st, 2025 at 23:59 UTC Anyone wishing to participate could do so on X-Twitter or on Facebook . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24-13-6 (@prosopagnosic) Alaric 21-9-5 (@IsagtmJames) Bill Tooke 17-11-6 (@BillTooke) Daniel Nyman 16-8-3 (@DanielNymanTV) DonnaDee  14-9-3  (@Peony459) D ☈ew Thiesing 18-10-4 (@DrewThiesing) elioe 19-6-3 (@elioeFIN) eve 22-9-5 (@sneevies) James Mick 0-0-0 (@JamesMichne) Jose E. Rodriguez Y.  13-8-2  (@DrJery) Joseph Sturch 19-8-5 JustWatchingSocietyFall 19-8-3 (@AnAmerican2773) Kenneth Sisson 15-15-3 (@kksisson4) MissMolly'sMom 16-8-3 mp 23-11-6 (@angryeducatornj) Phx Hoops 16-9-4 (@SAINTTLF) Porfirio León 19-9-5 (@californio33) PSL3SubhumanAlien 18-10-5 (@Psl3Alien) Sadie La Rue 18-12-5 Seattleite 18-...

Ranking of 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predictions

Post-season analysis has been completed now, and totals have been established as 18 storms - 11 hurricanes - 5 major hurricanes. The winner is perfect: Congratulations WorthyIsMyName !!!!!!!   The combined error is calculated as follows: sqrt( (E_ns)^2 / 14.59 + (E_hu)^2 / 7.22 + (E_mh)^2 / 3.22 ) where E_ns is error in number of nameable storms, E_hu is error in number of hurricanes and E_mh is error in number of of major hurricanes. The following has the format of ranking. / predicted named storms / predicted hurricanes / predicted major hurricanes / combined error / and Disqus/Facebook/Twitter(X) handle at time of giving prediction (possible Twitter/X account name in parentheses)  1. / 18 / 11 /  5 /  0.0000 / WorthyIsMyName (@DracoPryn88)  2. / 18 / 10 /  4 /  0.6701 / L M (@Jazz2M)  3. / 19 / 10 /  4 /  0.7194 / Alaric (@IsatgmJames)  4. / 18 /  9 /  5 /  0.7443 / Stanley Garstka (@Stracker234...

Predictions for year 2025 - mainly for entertainment purposes

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Totals for North Atlantic hurricane season: 22 (sub)tropical cyclones, 19 nameable storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 major (ACE=93) Totals for East Pacific hurricane season: 18(sub)tropical cyclones, 17 nameable storms, 10 hurricanes, 4 major (ACE=89) Totals for Central Pacific hurricane season: 4 tropical cyclones, 4 nameable storms, 2 hurricanes, 1 major Totals for Pacific typhoon season: 32 storms, 18 typhoons, 10 super typhoons (JTWC count) Totals for North Indian Ocean cyclone season: 6 storms, 4 hurricane-equivalent, 2 major hurricane-equivalent (JTWC count) One (sub)tropical storm in Mediterranean, one hurricane No (sub)tropical cyclones in Baltic Sea State of Niño 3.4: beginning as weak La Niña, becoming cool neutral in MAM, warm neutral in ASO Arctic sea ice minimum: 3.75 million km² Global annual average temperature: 1.20 degrees Celsius above 20th century average Circle coloration scheme Individual storm tracks in North Atlantic Tropical Storm ANDREA   Tropical Depression TWO ...