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Hurricane Season 2005

NWS Bullet May 15-21 was National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
 

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Storms of 2005

Courtesy of NOAA's National Hurricane Center
2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Track Map
2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Track Map (click for 310K GIF)*

View or download the 749K PDF

* Map updated Katrina and Alpha tracks 23 June 2006


Tropical Weather Summaries

1 2005 Seasonal Summary (Atlantic)
1 November (Season Wrap-Up)

1 October
1 September
1 August
1 July
1 June

1 2005 Seasonal Summary (Pacific)


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  Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Category

Pressure
mb

Winds
mph
Surge
ft
Depression -- <39 --
T. Storm -- 39-73 --
1 > 980 74-95 4-5
2 965-980 96-110 6-8
3 945-965 111-130 9-12
4 920-945 131-155 13-18
5 < 920 > 155 > 18
 
2005 Storm Names
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advisory archive
 Atlantic

 Arlene
 Bret
 Cindy
 Dennis
 Emily
 Franklin
 Gert
 Harvey
 Irene
 Jose
 Katrina
 Lee
 Maria
 Nate
 Ophelia
 Philippe
 Rita
 Stan
 Tammy
 Vince
 Wilma

 Alpha
 Beta
 Gamma
 Delta
 Epsilon
 Zeta

 E. Pacific

 Adrian
 Beatriz
 Calvin
 Dora
 Eugene
 Fernanda
 Greg
 Hilary
 Irwin
 Jova
 Kenneth
 Lidia
 Max
 Norma
 Otis
 Pilar
 Ramon
 Selma
 Todd
 Veronica
 Wiley
 Xina
 York
 Zelda

Other Years
 
Storm Reports of Local Interest
Hurricane Strikes
by State 1900-2004

Rita - Sept. '05
Katrina - Aug. '05
Dennis - July '05
Cindy - July '05
Arlene - June '05
Ivan - Sept. '04
More on Ivan
Frances - Sept. '04
Bonnie - Aug. '04
Isidore - Sept. '02
Hanna - Sept. '02
Barry - Aug. '01
Allison - June '01
Helene - Sept. '00
Gordon - Sept. '00
Georges - Sept. '98
Earl - Sept. '98
Danny - July '97
Josephine - Oct. '96
Opal - Oct. '95
Jerry - Aug. '95
Erin - Aug. '95
 
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