The
timeline of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season documents the formations, strengthenings, weakenings,
landfallsLandfall is the event of a tropical cyclone or a waterspout coming onto land after being over water. When a waterspout makes landfall it is reclassified as a tornado, which can then cause damage inland...
, extratropical transitions, and dissipations of the season's tropical and subtropical storms. The
2005 Atlantic hurricane seasonThe 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, repeatedly shattering previous records. The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $128 billion USD...
was the most active
Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history. The season saw a record twenty-eight tropical or subtropical storms of which a record four storms achieved
Category 5The Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale is a classification used for most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms. The scale divides hurricanes into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds...
status. Officially beginning on June 1 2005, and lasting until November 30, the 2005 season persisted into January 2006 due to continued storm activity.
The graphical bar below gives a brief overview of storm activity during the season. Each storm's maximum intensity is represented by the color of its bar.
Tropical Storm ZetaTropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially ended, and continued into January. It extended the record number of storms in a season to twenty-eight....
persisted into 2006 necessitating the addition of January 2006 in both the graphical and text timelines. The timeline also makes use of information which was not operationally released. Every year, the
National Hurricane CenterThe National Hurricane Center , located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.When tropical...
re-analyzes all of the systems of the previous hurricane season and revises their storm histories. New data that was not available while the storm was active is incorporated into these revisions. In this season the revisions were very significant, as an
unnamed subtropical stormThe 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the nineteenth nameable storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was not officially named by the National Hurricane Center as it was operationally classified as a non-tropical low. The storm developed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean out of...
that went entirely unnoticed was discovered during the post-season review.
June
June 1
- The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.
June 8
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC
Coordinated Universal Time , ) is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation...
) – Tropical Depression One forms just north of the north-eastern HondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras...
coast.
June 9
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Arlene
Tropical Storm Arlene was an unusually large and early-forming tropical storm forming during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first storm of the season.Tropical Storm Arlene formed near Honduras on June 8 and moved northwards...
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June 10
- 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Arlene makes its first landfall near Cabo Corrientes
Cabo Corrientes is a cape on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It marks the southernmost point of the Bahía de Banderas, upon which the port and resort city of Puerto Vallarta stands....
in western CubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city. Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is...
with [The figures for maximum sustained wind]The maximum sustained winds associated with a tropical cyclone are a common indicator of the intensity of the storm. Within a mature tropical cyclone, they are found within the eyewall at a distance defined as the radius of maximum wind, or RMW. Unlike gusts, the value of these winds are...
s and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knotsThe knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, which is equal to exactly 1.852 km/h and approximately 1.151 mph. The abbreviation kn is preferred by American and Canadian maritime authorities, and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; however, the...
, miles, or kilometersThe kilometre , symbol km is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second....
), following the convention used in the National Hurricane CenterThe National Hurricane Center , located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.When tropical...
's operational products for each storm. All other units are rounded to the nearest digit. winds.
June 11
- 2 p.m. CDT (1900 UTC) – Tropical Storm Arlene makes its second landfall west of Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2007, the estimated population was 54,283....
with winds.
- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, June 12) – Tropical Storm Arlene weakens into a tropical depression.
June 13
- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center is one of nine service centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction , a part of the National Weather Service, which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. government...
(HPC) stops monitoring Tropical Depression Arlene over Michigan.
June 28
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Two forms about 60 miles (90 km
The kilometre , symbol km is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second....
) east-southeast of VeracruzVeracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the United Mexican States. Veracruz is borderd by Tamaulipas to the north, the Gulf to the east, Tabasco to the southeast, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south and Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosi to the west...
, MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, June 29) – Tropical Depression Two strengthens into Tropical Storm Bret
Tropical Storm Bret was a short-lived tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the first of four during the season. The second named storm of the season, Bret developed along a tropical wave on June 28 in the Bay of Campeche, and...
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June 29
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Bret makes landfall near Tuxpan
Tuxpan is both a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The population of the city was 78,523 and of the municipality was 134,394 inhabitants, according to the INEGI census of 2005, residing in a total area of 1,051.89 km²...
, Veracruz, Mexico with winds.
- 10 p.m. CDT (0300 UTC, June 30) – Tropical Depression Bret dissipates over Mexico.
July
July 3
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Three forms in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, about 80 mi (130 km) east of Chetumal
Chetumal is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco...
, Quintana RooQuintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the States of Yucatán and Campeche to the north and west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the nation of Belize to the south...
, Mexico.
- 10:30 p.m. CDT (0330 UTC, July 4) – Tropical Depression Three makes its first landfall on the Yucatán
Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three states: Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatán in the 19th century. The state capital of...
peninsula with winds.
July 4
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four forms in the southeastern Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the tropics of the Western hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the American landmass, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest...
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- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four makes its first landfall on Grenada
Grenada is an island country and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the...
with winds.
July 5
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Three strengthens into Tropical Storm Cindy.
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four strengthens into Tropical Storm Dennis.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, July 6) – Tropical Storm Cindy strengthens into Hurricane Cindy
Hurricane Cindy was a tropical cyclone that briefly reached minimal hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico during July in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and made landfall in Louisiana. It was the third named storm and first hurricane of the season...
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- 10 p.m. CDT (0300 UTC, July 6) – Hurricane Cindy makes its second landfall southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana
Grand Isle is a town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, located on a barrier island of the same name. The island is at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the Gulf of Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,541; during summers, the population has increased to over 20,000...
, United States with winds of .
- approximately 10:30 p.m. CDT (0330 UTC, July 6) – Hurricane Cindy weakens into a tropical storm.
- 5 a.m. CDT (0900 UTC) – Tropical Storm Cindy makes its third landfall near Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland is a city located in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The City of Waveland was incorporated in 1972. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,674...
with winds of .
July 6
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Cindy weakens into a tropical depression.
- 5:27 p.m. EDT (2127 UTC) – Tropical Storm Dennis strengthens into Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the very active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season...
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July 7
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Dennis reaches Category 2 intensity.
- 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) – Tropical Depression Cindy becomes extratropical over the Carolinas.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Dennis reaches Category 3 intensity.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, July 8) – Hurricane Dennis reaches Category 4 intensity.
- 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 UTC, July 8) – Hurricane Dennis makes its second landfall in southeastern Cuba near Punta del Ingles with winds.
July 8
- 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 UTC) – Hurricane Dennis makes its third landfall along the south-central coast of Cuba with winds of .
- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – The HPC ceases advisories on the remnants of Tropical Depression Cindy.
July 10
- 2:30 p.m. CDT (1930 UTC) – Hurricane Dennis makes its fourth landfall just west of Navarre Beach, Florida
Navarre Beach, is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the U.S. state of Florida. It is on Santa Rosa Island, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. The community is considered part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.Immediately to its east...
, United States with winds.
- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, July 11) – Hurricane Dennis weakens into a tropical storm.
- 8 p.m. AST
The Atlantic Standard Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps time by subtracting four hours from either Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time , resulting in UTC-4 or GMT-4...
(0000 UTC, July 11) – Tropical Depression Five forms in the central Atlantic about 1,250 mi (2,000 km) east of the Southern Windward IslandsThe Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles.-Name and geography:The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the West Indies blow east to west...
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July 11
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Dennis weakens into a tropical depression.
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, July 12) – Tropical Depression Five strengthens into Tropical Storm Emily.
July 13
- 10 a.m. CDT (1500 UTC) – The HPC ceases advisories on the remnants of Tropical Depression Dennis.
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, July 13) – Tropical Storm Emily strengthens into Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily was the fifth named storm, third hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed in July as a Cape Verde-type hurricane before passing through the Windward Islands, where it caused heavy damage in Grenada...
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July 14
- 3 a.m. AST (0700 UTC) – Hurricane Emily makes its first landfall on Grenada with winds.
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Emily reaches Category 2 intensity.
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Emily reaches Category 3 intensity.
July 15
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Emily reaches Category 4 intensity.
July 16
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, July 17) – Hurricane Emily reaches Category 5 intensity, the earliest that a hurricane has achieved this intensity in the Atlantic basin.
July 18
- 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 UTC) – Hurricane Emily makes its second landfall near Tulum
Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city serving as a major port for Cobá. The ruins are located on cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico...
, Quintana Roo, Mexico with winds.
July 20
- 6:35 a.m. CDT (1135 UTC) – Hurricane Emily makes its third landfall near Boca Madre, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the central-northeastern part of the Mexican federation. It borders the the U.S. state of Texas to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west...
, Mexico with winds.
July 21
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Emily dissipates over central Mexico.
- 1 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Six forms near the Bahamas.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, July 22) – Tropical Depression Six strengthens into Tropical Storm Franklin
Tropical Storm Franklin was a tropical storm over the western Atlantic Ocean during July of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the sixth named storm of the season and twice approached hurricane strength....
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July 23
- 3 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Seven forms in the Bay of Campeche
The Bay of Campeche is the southern bight of the Gulf of Mexico. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz...
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July 24
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Seven becomes Tropical Storm Gert
Tropical Storm Gert was the third of six tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico during 2005...
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- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, July 25) – Tropical Storm Gert makes landfall near Tampico
Tampico is the main city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the nation's chief economic powerhouse on the Gulf of Mexico. Economic development during the 1920s made the city a commercial leader in the aviation and soda industries...
, Tamaulipas, Mexico with winds.
July 25
- 8 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, July 26) – Tropical Depression Gert dissipates over central Mexico.
July 29
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, July 30) – Tropical Storm Franklin becomes extratropical east of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. Its capital, Halifax, is a major economic centre of the region. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of...
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August
August 2
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eight forms about 370 mi (590 km) southwest of Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 kilometres south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...
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August 3
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Harvey
Tropical Storm Harvey was a strong tropical storm over the western Atlantic Ocean in August during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Harvey was the eighth named storm of the record-breaking season....
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August 4
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nine forms about 690 mi (1,100 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
August 7
- 11 a.m. AST (1500 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nine strengthens into Tropical Storm Irene.
August 8
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Irene weakens into a tropical depression.
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, August 10) – Tropical Storm Harvey becomes extratropical in northern Atlantic 560 mi (900 km) southeast of Newfoundland.
August 10
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, August 11) – Tropical Depression Irene regains tropical storm strength.
August 13
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Ten
Tropical Depression Ten was the tenth tropical cyclone of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on August 13 from a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 8. As a result of strong wind shear, the depression remained weak and did not strengthen...
forms about 1100 mi (1,800 km) east of the Lesser AntillesThe Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees, are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Greater Antilles form the West Indies...
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August 14
- 11 a.m. AST (1500 UTC) – Tropical Depression Ten degenerates into a remnant low.
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, August 15) – Tropical Storm Irene strengthens into Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene was a long-lived Cape Verde-type Atlantic hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed near Cape Verde on August 4 and crossed the Atlantic, turning northward around Bermuda before becoming extratropical southeast of Newfoundland. Irene persisted for...
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August 16
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Irene reaches Category 2 intensity.
August 18
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Irene is absorbed by a larger extratropical system 290 mi (460 km) southeast of Newfoundland.
August 22
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eleven forms in the Bay of Campeche.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eleven strengthens into Tropical Storm Jose
Tropical Storm Jose was a short-lived tropical storm which made landfall in central Mexico during August 2005. Jose was the tenth named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and the fourth of six tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico in that year.Tropical Storm Jose formed in the Bay...
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- 10:30 p.m. CDT (0330 UTC, August 23) – Tropical Storm Jose makes landfall in Veracruz, Mexico with winds.
August 23
- 1 p.m. CDT (1700 UTC) – Tropical Depression Jose dissipates.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twelve forms near Long Island, Bahamas
This article is about the island in the Bahamas. For other uses of the word "Long Island", see Long Island .Long Island is an island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. Its capital is Clarence Town. Long Island is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most...
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August 24
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twelve strengthens into Tropical Storm Katrina.
August 25
- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – Tropical Storm Katrina strengthens into Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States...
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- 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina makes its first landfall between Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach, Florida
North Miami Beach is a Miami suburban city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Originally named Fulford in 1926 after Captain William H. Fulford of the United States Coast Guard, the city was incorporated in 1927 as Fulford, but was renamed North Miami Beach in 1931. The population was...
, United States with winds.
August 26
- 1 a.m. EDT (0500 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina weakens into a tropical storm.
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Katrina again strengthens into Hurricane Katrina over the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United...
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- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 2 intensity.
August 27
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 3 intensity.
August 28
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 4 intensity.
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina becomes the second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 season.
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Thirteen forms about 960 mi (1,550 km) east of the Lesser Antilles.
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina's central pressure drops to 902 mbar
The bar is a unit of pressure equal to 100 kilopascals, and rougly equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level. Other units derived from the bar are the decibar , centibar , and millibar...
(26.64 inHgInches of mercury, inHg, or "Hg is a unit of measurement for pressure. It is still widely used for barometric pressure in weather reports and aviation in the United States, but is considered somewhat outdated elsewhere....
), making it the then fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record.
August 29
- 6:10 a.m. CDT (1110 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina makes its second landfall near Buras, Louisiana, United States with winds, having just weakened from Category 4.
- 9:45 a.m. CDT (1445 UTC) – Hurricane Katrina makes its third landfall near Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington is a census-designated place in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States, on U.S. Route 90, along the Pearl River, at the Louisiana stateline. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,684 at the 2000 census. On August...
, United States with winds after crossing Breton SoundBreton Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Mexico and a part of the coastline of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It lies off the southeast coast of the state and is partially enclosed by the Breton Islands....
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- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Thirteen degenerates into a broad area of low pressure.
- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, August 30) – Hurricane Katrina weakens into a tropical storm.
August 30
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Katrina weakens into a tropical depression.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, August 31) – Tropical Depression Katrina becomes an extratropical low over Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
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August 31
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Thirteen regenerates 890 mi (1,430 km) east-southeast of Bermuda.
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Lee
Tropical Storm Lee was a weak storm in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that briefly reached tropical storm strength late in August over the central Atlantic...
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- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, September 1) – Tropical Storm Lee weakens into Tropical Depression Lee.
- 11 p.m. EDT (0300 UTC, September 1) – The HPC stops monitoring the remnants of Tropical Depression Katrina over southeastern Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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September
September 1
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Fourteen forms 1,050 mi (1,700 km) east of the Leeward Islands
The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...
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September 2
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Lee degenerates into a remnant low over the central Atlantic.
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Fourteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Maria.
September 4
- 5 a.m. AST (0900 UTC) – Tropical Storm Maria strengthens into Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was a Cape Verde-type hurricane which formed in September during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Maria was the thirteenth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the record-breaking season....
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September 5
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Maria reaches Category 2 intensity.
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Fifteen forms 350 mi (560 km) south-southwest of Bermuda.
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, September 6) – Hurricane Maria reaches Category 3 intensity.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 6) – Tropical Depression Fifteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Nate.
September 6
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Sixteen forms over the northern Bahamas.
- 12 p.m. EDT (1600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Sixteen makes landfall on Grand Bahama
Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying just 55 mi off the state of Florida. Grand Bahama is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and cays...
with winds.
September 7
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Sixteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Ophelia.
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Nate strengthens into Hurricane Nate
Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that threatened Bermuda but remained at sea during early September 2005. The fourteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the 2005 season, Hurricane Nate formed to the southwest of Bermuda on September 5 and initially moved very slowly to the northeast...
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September 8
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 10) – Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthens into Hurricane Ophelia
Hurricane Ophelia was the fifteenth named tropical cyclone and the eighth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a long-lived storm that was most remembered for its very erratic and extremely slow track off the East Coast of the United States, alternating several times between...
. Ophelia oscillates between Hurricane and Tropical Storm strength several times over the next few days.
September 10
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Maria becomes extratropical mid-way between Cape Race
Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", or "bare"...
and the AzoresThe Azores is a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about from Lisbon and about from the east coast of North America. The two westernmost Azorean islands actually lie on the North American plate...
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- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Nate becomes extratropical over the central Atlantic Ocean.
September 14
- 11 p.m. EDT (0300 UTC, September 15) – Hurricane Ophelia passes southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina with the storm's center staying just offshore.
September 15
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 16) – Hurricane Ophelia weakens into a tropical storm for the last time.
September 17
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Seventeen forms 345 mi (560 km) east of Barbados
Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent West Indian Continental Island-nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. For over three centuries Barbados was a colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom; and still currently maintains Queen Elizabeth II as head of state...
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- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Seventeen strengthens into Tropical Storm Philippe.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 18) – Tropical Storm Ophelia becomes extratropical off the coast of central Nova Scotia.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 18) – Tropical Depression Eighteen forms 80 mi (130 km) east of Grand Turk Island
Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands with 18 square kilometres. It contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town and the JAGS McCartney International Airport...
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September 18
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eighteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Rita.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 19) – Tropical Storm Philippe strengthens into Hurricane Philippe
Hurricane Philippe was a short-lived hurricane that formed over the Atlantic in September during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Philippe was the sixteenth named storm and ninth hurricane of the season....
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September 20
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Rita strengthens into Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...
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- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Rita reaches Category 2 intensity.
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Philippe weakens into a tropical storm.
September 21
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Rita reaches Category 3 intensity.
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Rita reaches Category 4 intensity.
- 2 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Rita becomes the record-breaking third Category 5 hurricane of the season.
- 10 p.m. CDT (0300 UTC, September 22) – Hurricane Rita's central pressure drops to 895 mbar (26.43 inHg), making it the then third most intense Atlantic hurricane on record.
September 23
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Philippe weakens into a tropical depression.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Philippe becomes a swirl of low clouds embedded within a broader non-tropical low.
September 24
- 2:40 a.m. CDT (0740 UTC) – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in Louisiana
The State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
just east of Sabine PassSabine Pass is the natural outlet of Sabine Lake into the Gulf of Mexico. It borders Jefferson County, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana.Two major battles occurred here during the American Civil War, known as the First and Second Battles of Sabine Pass....
with winds.
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Rita weakens into a tropical storm.
September 25
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Rita weakens into a tropical depression.
September 26
- 4 a.m. CDT (0900 UTC) – The HPC stops monitoring Tropical Depression Rita while over the U.S. Midwest
The Midwestern United States is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau....
, the moisture having been absorbed by a cold front. This leads to the first lull period in the Atlantic since Tropical Depression Twelve formed on August 23rd.
September 30
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nineteen forms 665 mi (1,065 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, opposite Mauritania and Senegal....
Islands.
October
October 1
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty forms 130 mi (210 km) southeast of Cozumel
Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite the Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. It is one of the nine municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo...
, Mexico.
October 2
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty strengthens into Tropical Storm Stan.
- 5 a.m. CDT (1000 UTC) – Tropical Storm Stan makes its first landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel...
about 40 mi south of Tulum with winds.
- 3 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nineteen dissipates.
- 5 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, October 3) – Tropical Storm Stan weakens into a tropical depression.
October 3
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Stan restrengthens into Tropical Storm Stan.
October 4
- 0600 UTC - A low pressure area in the open eastern Atlantic gains some tropical characteristics and becomes a subtropical depression. This depression is not assigned a number by the National Hurricane Center.
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Stan strengthens into Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico. Stan was a relatively weak storm that only briefly reached hurricane status...
.
- 1200 UTC - The subtropical depression in the eastern Atlantic becomes a subtropical storm
The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the nineteenth nameable storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was not officially named by the National Hurricane Center as it was operationally classified as a non-tropical low. The storm developed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean out of...
, but is not noticed, and thus not named. No advisories are issued on it by the National Hurricane Center.
- 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Stan makes its second landfall about 90 mi (150 km) east-southeast of the Mexican port of Veracruz
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with winds.
- 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Stan weakens into a tropical storm.
- 7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC, October 5) – Tropical Storm Stan weakens into a tropical depression.
October 5
- 0600 UTC - The unnamed subtropical storm becomes extratropical over the northeastern Atlantic.
- 1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Stan dissipates over southeastern Mexico.
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Tammy
Tropical Storm Tammy was a short lived tropical storm during October in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which caused minor damage to the southeastern United States. More significant, however were its remnants which contributed to the Northeast U.S. flooding of October 2005.Tropical Storm Tammy...
forms 25 mi (35 km) east of Jupiter, FloridaJupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. As of 2006, the population had grown to 50,028, according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Jupiter is well known for its beauty and...
.
- 7 p.m. EDT (2300 UTC) – Tropical Storm Tammy makes landfall near Atlantic Beach, Florida
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with winds.
October 6
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Tammy weakens into a tropical depression.
- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – The HPC stops monitoring Tropical Depression Tammy over western Florida.
October 8
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Subtropical Depression Twenty-two forms 615 mi (1,000 km) south-east of Bermuda.
- 7 a.m. WEST
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(0600 UTC) – Subtropical Storm Vince forms about 760 mi (930 km) southeast of the Azores, notably near the Iberian PeninsulaThe Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France. It is the westernmost of the three major southern European peninsulas—the Iberian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas...
of Europe.
October 9
- 1 p.m. WEST (1200 UTC) – Subtropical Storm Vince gains tropical characteristics and becomes Tropical Storm Vince.
- 7 p.m. WEST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Vince strengthens into Hurricane Vince
Hurricane Vince was an unusual hurricane which developed in the northeastern Atlantic basin. Forming in October during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the waters over which it developed were considered too cold for tropical development...
.
October 10
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Subtropical Depression Twenty-two degenerates into a remnant low.
- 2 a.m. CEST
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(0000 UTC) – Hurricane Vince weakens into a tropical storm.
October 11
- 2 a.m. CEST (0000 UTC) – Tropical Storm Vince weakens into a tropical depression.
- 11 a.m. CEST (0900 UTC) – Tropical Depression Vince makes landfall near Huelva
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, SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
, with winds, becoming the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the country.
- 2 p.m. CEST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Vince dissipates over Spain.
October 15
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-four forms 220 mi (350 km) east-southeast of Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands at about 196 km
2 and contains the capital George Town. Towns on the island are referred to as "districts"....
.
October 17
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-four strengthens into Tropical Storm Wilma.
October 18
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Wilma strengthens into Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second storm , thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 season Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the...
.
- 3 p.m. EDT (1900 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 2 intensity (time estimated).
- 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 3 intensity (time estimated).
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, October 19) – Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 4 intensity.
October 19
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma becomes the fourth Category 5 hurricane of the season.
- 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma's central pressure is recorded at 884 mbar (26.11 inHg), making it the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma's central pressure drops again to 882 mbar (26.05 inHg), confirming it as the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
October 21
- 4:45 p.m. CDT (2145 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma makes its first landfall over the Mexican island of Cozumel with winds.
- 10:30 p.m. CDT (0330 UTC, October 22) – Hurricane Wilma makes its second landfall at Puerto Morelos
Puerto Morelos is a town in Quintana Roo, Mexico's easternmost state, on the Yucatán Peninsula.There are two sections of Puerto Morelos. The original coastal fishing village is now a quiet, mixed-use neighborhood of private homes, hotels, condominiums, restaurants, and tourist shops. The second...
, Quintana Roo, near CancúnCancún is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Cancún is located on the Yucatan Channel that separates Mexico from the island of Cuba in the Greater Antilles....
, with winds.
October 22
- 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-five forms in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-five strengthens into Tropical Storm Alpha
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.
October 23
- 6 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC) – Tropical Storm Alpha makes landfall near Barahona, Dominican Republic
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with winds.
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Alpha weakens into a tropical depression.
October 24
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma restrengthens to Category 3 intensity.
- 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC) – Hurricane Wilma makes its third landfall near Goodland, Florida
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, with winds.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC), October 25) – Tropical Depression Alpha degenerates into a trough connected to Hurricane Wilma.
October 25
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, October 26) – Hurricane Wilma becomes extratropical over the Atlantic Ocean.
October 26
- 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-six forms in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, just off Central America.
October 27
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-six strengthens into Tropical Storm Beta.
October 28
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, October 29) – Tropical Storm Beta passes near the island of Providencia.
October 29
- 2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Beta strengthens into Hurricane Beta
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.
- 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, October 30) – Hurricane Beta reaches Category 2 intensity.
October 30
- 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Beta reaches Category 3 intensity.
- 7 a.m. EST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Beta makes landfall near La Barra in Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur
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, NicaraguaNicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest country in Central America with an area of 130,373 km
2. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of...
, with winds.
- 1 p.m. EST (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Beta weakens into a tropical storm.
- 7 p.m. EST (0000 UTC, October 31) – Tropical Storm Beta weakens into a tropical depression, and advisories are discontinued.
November
November 13
- 7 p.m. EST (0000 UTC, November 14) – Tropical Depression Twenty-seven forms 100 mi (160 km) west of St. Vincent
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.
November 15
- 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-seven strengthens into Tropical Storm Twenty-seven, although the NHC forecasters does not notice it at the time.
November 16
- 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-seven loses its closed circulation south of Kingston, Jamaica
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, and advisories are discontinued.
November 18
- 12 p.m. CST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Twenty-seven regenerates in the Western Caribbean and strengthens into Tropical Storm Gamma
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.
November 20
- 12 a.m. EST (0600 UTC, November 21) – Tropical Depression Gamma degenerates into a remnant low north of Honduras and advisories are discontinued.
November 22
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Subtropical Storm Delta forms 870 mi (1,400 km) southwest of the Azores from a previously non-tropical low.
November 23
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Subtropical Storm Delta gains tropical characteristics and becomes Tropical Storm Delta
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.
November 28
- 8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Delta becomes extratropical about 250 mi (400 km) west-northwest of the Canary Islands
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.
November 29
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Epsilon forms east of Bermuda from a previously non-tropical low.
November;30
- 12 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ends.
December
December 1
- The hurricane season officially comes to an end with Tropical Storm Epsilon still active.
December 2
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Epsilon strengthens into Hurricane Epsilon
Hurricane Epsilon was a long lasting hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season in late November and early December over the central Atlantic...
.
December 7
- 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Epsilon weakens into a tropical storm.
December 8
- 12 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Storm Epsilon weakens into a tropical depression and loses its convection.
December 29
- 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, December 30) – Tropical Depression Thirty forms over the eastern Atlantic.
December 30
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Thirty strengthens into Tropical Storm Zeta
Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially ended, and continued into January. It extended the record number of storms in a season to twenty-eight....
, the second latest tropical cyclone forming in the Atlantic (after Hurricane Alice in 1954).
January 2006
January 1
- The year 2006 begins with Tropical Storm Zeta still active, making Zeta only the second cross-season North Atlantic storm
North Atlantic tropical cyclones usually form in summer or fall. Tropical cyclones can be broken down by intensity. Tropical storms have one-minute maximum sustained winds of at least 39 mph , while hurricanes have one-minute maximum sustained exceeding 74 mph...
ever recorded.
January 6
- 2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Zeta weakens into a tropical depression.
- 5 p.m. AST (2100 UTC) – The National Hurricane Center issues its last advisory on dissipating Tropical Depression Zeta, finally ending the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
See also