The Atlantic has produced eight named storms in 2026—but no hurricanes. Here is how a strengthening El Niño helped create the historic lull and why the season’s shift toward the Caribbean and Gulf still matters for Florida.

October weather across Florida is usually warm, with lower precipitation chances. The tropics usually remains a concern through the month.

Florida finally has a meaningful opportunity to put a dent in its drought, but the same prolonged wet pattern that brings drought relief could also bring localized flooding and increasingly rough coastal conditions into next week.

A powerful El Niño is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. During the last strong El Niño, federal agencies ramped up research in the hope of improving weather forecasts. This year, they won't be matching that effort.

King tides flooded roads, businesses and the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk across South Florida. Here is how the moon, warm water, onshore winds, porous limestone and a strengthening El Niño can combine to make Florida’s seasonal flooding worse.

Forecasters were tracking Tropical Storm Hanna in the central Atlantic, but similar to most systems in 2026, it will remain weak and stay clear of land.

While most of the current discussion on improving AI for weather focuses on the models or new hardware, the data is crucial.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cabo Verde Islands, but the cyclone is not expected to become a hurricane.

September lows in the 60s are unusual, and some parts of Florida will enjoy a crisp weekend with low chances of rain. Temperatures will be around 5 to 7 degrees below normal, with lows between 66 and 67 degrees.

Following the Autumnal Equinox, the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) predicts above normal rainfall totals and temperatures across the entire state of Florida.

The trade-off from a quiet hurricane season? The El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean could result in the most severe winter weather conditions ever recorded in Florida.

Landfall, direct hit, strike and indirect hit describe different relationships between a hurricane and a location — and the terms can overlap. Hurricane Milton shows why the path of the center is only one part of a storm’s story.