The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which ran officially from June 1 to November 30, was highly unusual, featuring bursts of intense hurricanes between long stretches of quiet activity, resulting in a below-average number of named storms (13) but an above-normal Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) of 130.8 units. Most notably, it produced three Category 5 hurricanes—the second most on record after 2005—including Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone globally that year, which made a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica near peak intensity, becoming the strongest hurricane on record to hit that island. The season got off to a late start with Tropical Storm Andrea on June 23 (the latest since 2014), followed by early strikes from Barry in Mexico and Chantal in South Carolina—the only US landfall, meaning no hurricanes hit the US for the first time since 2015. After a quiet period during the typical peak, activity resurged in mid-September with Hurricane Gabrielle (Category 4), followed by Hurricanes Humberto (Category 5) and Imelda, which brought flooding to the Caribbean and passed near Bermuda. The final and deadliest storm was Melissa, which formed in October and dissipated on October 31, with no storms in November, ending a season that collectively caused at least 126 fatalities and $12.7 billion in losses, mostly attributed to Melissa.