Helene was a C3 tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 222 km/h (120 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 939 hPa. Tracking across the Gulf of Mexicoin the North Atlantic basin (, it potentially affected the US Gulf Coast, Mexico and Cuba. The storm traveled from approximately 17.2°-88.1° to 38.1°-81.7°, crossing a range of 21 latitude and 6 longitude.