One Month Left in a Quiet Hurricane Season: 10 Named Storms, One Hurricane, and the Season Ends Nov. 30
November 1 opens the final month of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Florida has seen 10 named storms and a single hurricane — Isaias, which came ashore near Destin on October 9 — and forecasters expect the rest of the season to stay dull, though nobody is shutting the Gulf out until late November.
The Atlantic hurricane season enters its final month on Sunday, and by Florida standards it has been a quiet one. As of October 28 there had been 10 named storms and one hurricane in the basin, USA TODAY Network-Florida reported — against a NOAA 30-year average of about 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes a season. The next named storm, if one forms, will be Kyle.
The season's only hurricane was Isaias, which formed October 7, became a hurricane October 8 and made landfall October 9 near Destin with 105-mph winds. The National Hurricane Center on October 28 predicted no tropical cyclone activity for the following seven days, while AccuWeather watched an area off the Florida coast — one whose development, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said, strong wind shear and a nearby front may prevent in the short term, even as Atlantic-coast impacts continue.
Forecasters expect more of the same to the finish. 'The remainder of the hurricane season should be dull for the Atlantic basin,' Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen said, pointing to a strengthening El Niño driving a super-charged subtropical jet stream and tremendous wind shear across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf. His caution came with the standard November caveat: Gulf water is still in the low 80s, more than warm enough to power a storm, and he would not shut the Gulf out completely until late November for a quick spin-up — although nothing was in the forecast.
The season, which began in June and peaked on September 10, ends after Thanksgiving, on Monday, November 30. Jacksonville's own weather runs mild into the new month in the meantime: the station's live feed read 76.5 degrees and overcast on Sunday morning, with a high near 78 and about a 22 percent rain chance for the Jaguars' game day.
