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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2005 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 17 storms · 17 May 2005–20 Oct 2005

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY96.6
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2005 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 17 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAdrian: 17 May–21 May, peak 70 kt, Category 1Beatriz: 21 Jun–24 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormCalvin: 26 Jun–29 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDora: 4 Jul–6 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormEugene: 18 Jul–20 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Aug–5 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionFernanda: 9 Aug–16 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Greg: 11 Aug–15 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHilary: 19 Aug–25 Aug, peak 90 kt, Category 2Irwin: 25 Aug–28 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormJova: 12 Sep–25 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Kenneth: 14 Sep–30 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Lidia: 17 Sep–19 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormMax: 18 Sep–22 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Norma: 23 Sep–27 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormOtis: 28 Sep–3 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 15 Oct–20 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Adrian–70Cat 1982530
Beatriz–45Tropical storm1000860
Calvin–45Tropical storm10001,680
Dora–40Tropical storm1002580
Eugene–60Tropical storm989790
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1008540
Fernanda–75Cat 19781,670
Greg–45Tropical storm1000610
Hilary–90Cat 29702,070
Irwin–45Tropical storm10001,340
Jova–110Cat 39512,620
Kenneth–115Cat 49472,400
Lidia–35Tropical storm1005180
Max–70Cat 19871,050
Norma–50Tropical storm9971,070
Otis–90Cat 2970980
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10051,150

17 storms with an IBTrACS 2005 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 17 May 2005, last 20 Oct 2005.

Tropical storms15

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes7

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormKenneth

115 kt · 132 mph / 213 km/h

Lowest pressure947 hPa

Kenneth, 18 Sept 2005

Longest track record16 days

Kenneth, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2005 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2005 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 7 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 tropical storms, with 2 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season?

Kenneth, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 115 kt (Category 4) on 18 Sept 2005, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 947 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2005?

None. No storm in the 2005 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2005 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 17 May 2005 and the last on 20 Oct 2005, from 17 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season?

Adrian, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 19 May 2005, 15:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 2005 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology