2025 Central Pacific hurricane season
Jun 1, 2025 – Nov 30, 2025 · Season ended
The 2025 Central Pacific hurricane season produced 2 named storms, 1 hurricane and 1 major hurricane, against a 1991–2020 average of 1.6, 0.8 and 0.5. Its accumulated cyclone energy was 10, 42% of the average.
2025 season at a glance
- Named storms: 2 (1991–2020 average 1.6).
- Hurricanes (64 kt+): 1 (average 0.8).
- Major, 96 kt+: 1 (average 0.5).
- Accumulated cyclone energy: 10.0, 42% of the 24 average.
- Named-storm days: 6.5, counting each six-hourly fix at 34 kt or more as a quarter day.
- First named storm: Iona, July 27.
- First hurricane: Iona, July 28.
- First major storm: Iona, July 29.
- Last storm to dissipate: Iona, August 1.
- All systems tracked: 2, every one of which reached tropical-storm strength.
Counts use 1-minute best-track winds: named storms reached 34 kt (39 mph), the next column 64 kt (74 mph) and major storms 96 kt (111 mph).
Every storm of the 2025 season
- Iona: Iona formed in the Central Pacific in July 2025 and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 956 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
- Keli: Keli formed in the Central Pacific in July 2025 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Each summary is built from the storm’s best track.
Strongest storm of 2025
Hurricane Iona was the strongest storm of the season, peaking at 130 mph (215 km/h), with a lowest pressure of 956 mb, on July 29. That is Category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
12 Central Pacific storms since 1980 peaked higher, and 4 matched it. It produced 88% of the season’s accumulated cyclone energy.
Landfalls in 2025
No storm in the 2025 Central Pacific hurricane season made landfall, according to the best track.
How 2025 ranks since 1980
The season ranks 8th of 47 Central Pacific seasons since 1980 for named storms (tied with 12 other seasons), 8th for hurricanes (tied with 18 other seasons) and 22nd for accumulated cyclone energy.
The record since 1980 is 7 named storms, in 2015, and the highest ACE is 167, in 1992.
2025 storm names
The 2025 season used 2 names: Iona, Keli.
Central Pacific names are used in order across years from four lists, so a season picks up where the last one stopped. See the Central Pacific name lists.
2025 season FAQ
How many named storms were there in 2025?
The 2025 Central Pacific hurricane season had 2 named storms, 1 hurricane and 1 major hurricane, from 2 systems tracked in all. The 1991–2020 average is 1.6 named storms, 0.8 at 64 kt or more and 0.5 major per season. The first to form was Iona and the last was Keli.
What was the strongest storm of 2025?
Hurricane Iona. It peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h, 115 kt) with a lowest pressure of 956 mb on July 29. That is Category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale. 12 Central Pacific storms since 1980 peaked higher. It produced 88% of the season’s accumulated cyclone energy.
When did the 2025 season end?
The official season ended on November 30, 2025, as it does every year in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Central Pacific. The last system, Iona, dissipated on August 1. Storms that form in December still count toward that year: 2 Central Pacific storms since 1980 reached tropical-storm strength in December.