President Donald Trump signed executive order #14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness”, on February 9th, 2025, where the Gulf of Mexico was renamed to the Gulf of America. The formally named Gulf of Mexico received its name from early European explorers that had to cross the body of water to

In the Atlantic Basin, which includes storms that form in the Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America (formerly known as Gulf of Mexico), hurricane season lasts from June 1 until Nov. 30. Historically, 97% of all tropical cyclones in the Atlantic will form between those two dates.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next seven days in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.