Tropics quiet, so far, second month into Atlantic hurricane season
More than a month after the start of hurricane season, the tropics have been quiet.
According to the Sunday, July 12, 2026, weather advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, tropical cyclone formation for the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America (previously known as the Gulf of Mexico) was not expected during the next 7 days.
Arthur, the first named storm of the hurricane season, briefly strengthened into tropical storm status June 17, 2026, before the hurricane center downgraded it to a disturbance not long after. There have been no other named storms so far into the second month of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
In 2025, no storms made landfall in the U.S. during hurricane season, but it was an active one.
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The hurricane center graphics and live weather radars below show what's swirling in the tropics (if anything) as well as the conditions for potential rain, flash flood and other warnings.
Atlantic hurricane season is from June 1 to Nov. 30 every year, with the most activity between August and October. Should a weather system develop into a tropical storm, the second system would be named Bertha, shown on the list of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season names below.
The hurricane center resumed its tropics advisories almost two months ago, on May 15.
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Keep reading for information about tropical storm activity for Sunday, July 12, 2026.
National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, forecast on tropical activity: Is there a tropical storm or hurricane now?
According to the Sunday, July 12, 2026, tropical outlook from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, there is no tropical cyclone activity expected during the next 7 days. The graphic above automatically updates with the most recent location for any or all disturbances.
The Atlantic basin consists of the northern Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America. NOAA changed its naming convention for the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. Geological Survey changed the name on U.S. maps per President Trump's order.
In addition, the National Hurricane Center was tracking a tropical wave on Sunday, July 12, 2026:
- A tropical wave is over the eastern Caribbean with axis along 70W south of 18N, moving westward at 15 to 20 knots. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are depicted along the wave axis from 11N to 13N.
The USA TODAY Network in Florida will produce daily tropics watch advisories.
- 2026 Atlantic hurricane season predictions
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What are the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season names? Did your name make the hurricane season names list?
Since 1953, the National Hurricane Center has released a list of names in alphabetical order for Atlantic tropical storms before each season begins, which it recycles every six years. It retires names of storms that are excessively deadly or costly, if it would be insensitive or inappropriate to use them again. These are the 2026 Atlantic tropical cyclone names:
Arthur, which formed as a tropical storm June 17, 2026- Bertha
- Cristobal
- Dolly
- Edouard
- Fay
- Gonzalo
- Hanna
- Isaias
- Josephine
- Kyle
- Leah
- Marco
- Nana
- Omar
- Paulette
- Rene
- Sally
- Teddy
- Vicky
- Wilfred
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Contributing: Cheryl McCloud and Olivia Franklin, USA TODAY Network-Florida
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Tropics quiet, so far, second month into Atlantic hurricane season
Reporting by Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida / Treasure Coast Newspapers
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This story was originally published July 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM.