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During 2005, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 141 systems formed with 94 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre. The strongest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Wilma, which was estimated to have a minimum barometric pressure of . 2005 was above-average in terms of the number of storms. The most active basin in the year was the
A strong La Niña existed throughout 2005.
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from:05/01/2005 till:18/01/2005 color:AUSR text:"Kerry"
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from:07/01/2005 till:09/01/2005 color:AUSR text:"Sally"
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from:04/02/2005 till:09/02/2005 color:AUSR text:"Vivienne"
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from:10/02/2005 till:20/02/2005 color:SPAC text:" Olaf"
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from:19/03/2005 till:26/03/2005 color:SWIO text:"Hennie"
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from:16/04/2005 till:23/04/2005 color:SPAC text:"Sheila"
from:20/04/2005 till:22/04/2005 color:SPAC text:"16F"
from:21/04/2005 till:27/04/2005 color:WPAC text:"Sonca"
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from:17/05/2005 till:21/05/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:" Adrian"
from:29/05/2005 till:11/06/2005 color:WPAC text:"Nesat"
from:08/06/2005 till:13/06/2005 color:NATL text:" Arlene"
from:21/06/2005 till:26/06/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Beatriz"
from:21/06/2005 till:22/06/2005 color:NIO text:"ARB 01"
from:26/06/2005 till:03/07/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Calvin"
from:27/06/2005 till:05/07/2005 color:NIO text:"LAND 01"
from:28/06/2005 till:30/06/2005 color:NATL text:" Bret"
from:03/07/2005 till:07/07/2005 color:NATL text:"
The activity was the most active
The activity continued the trend of generally below-average activity that began a decade prior. The season's first tropical cyclone, Adrian, developed on May 17 and reached its peak as a
Although the season was quiet, some typhoons caused extensive damages in many places, especially in China where eight typhoons struck the country. First,
There were a total of 12 depressions during the year, three less than normal, although the highest since 1992. The IMD named four cyclonic storms, a process they initiated in 2004, which was also below normal. No systems strengthened beyond cyclonic storm status. The season was the sixth in a row with below normal activity, based on the seasonal
January was above average featuring thirteen tropical cyclones, of which ten of them being named. The month started off with a tropical low which was short lived in the Mozambique Channel. The month's first named storm Cyclone Sally formed on the 7th in the Australian basin, however it dissipated two days later. The South-West Indian Ocean basin also had two notable storms
February was slightly below-average featuring nine tropical cyclones, of which seven were named. The Australian region featured
March was very inactive, featuring five tropical cyclones with all of them being named. The month started off with Cyclone Ingrid, which formed north of the
April was average featuring eight tropical cyclones, of which three were named. The month started off with Cyclone Adeline-Juliet which became the strongest storm of the month. The storm was first noted near the Cocos Islands and was upgraded into Tropical Storm Adeline. It then entered the South-West Indian Ocean basin where the storm was renamed Juliet. It then intensified into an Intense Tropical Cyclone until the system weakened and became extratropical. Later ''11U'' formed over the Arafura Sea and made landfall on Papua New Guinea. 11U was the last storm of the
May was a very inactive season featuring only three tropical cyclones with two of them being. The month's first storm started in the Western Pacific with the formation of a tropical depression named ''Crising'' which was named by the
June was an inactive month featuring only six tropical storms with four of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Tropical Storm Arlene and Tropical Storm Calvin which formed south of Mexico. However, the two storms weren't much of a threat to the country. The Atlantic featured Tropical Storm Arlene and Tropical Storm Bret. ''Arlene'', which became the first storm of the
July was average featuring fourteen tropical cyclones, with twelve of them being named. The East Pacific featured two tropical storms named Dora and
August was average, featuring eighteen tropical cyclones with fourteen of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Hurricanes Fernanda, and Hilary, Tropical Storms Greg, and Irwin along with one depression classified as One-C. The five storms all stayed away from any landmass however, One-C's remnants dropped moderate rain on Hawaii causing minor damage. The Western Pacific featured three typhoons named
September was very active featuring 22 tropical storms with 17 of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Hurricanes Jova, Kenneth,
October was above average featuring sixteen storms with eight of them being named. In the East Pacific a short lived depression formed. The storm officially ended the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. In the West Pacific, Typhoons Kirogi and Kai-tak along with three depressions formed. Kirogi approached Japan but drifted away from the mainland. Kai-tak on the other hand paralleled the Vietnamese coast as a tropical storm before dissipating. In the Atlantic, the active season continued on with the formation of Tropical Storms Tammy and
November was average featuring ten storms with seven storms being named. In the Southern Hemisphere, 02R and 01F formed but were short lived. Another notable storm was Cyclone Bertie-Alvin which was given two names. Bertie-Alvin wandered across the Southern Indian Ocean before dissipating. In the West Pacific, Tembin and Bolaven formed with the storms affecting the Philippines. In the North Indian Ocean, BOB 05 and Cyclone Baaz. In the Atlantic, Tropical storms
December was inactive featuring six storms with two of them being named. In the Southern Hemisphere,
2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2005 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
5The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on
US National Hurricane Center
nbsp;– North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
nbsp;– Central Pacific
Japan Meteorological Agency
nbsp;– NW Pacific
India Meteorological Department
nbsp;– Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
Météo-France – La Reunion
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 30°E to 90°E
Fiji Meteorological Service
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, north of 25° S Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 90°E to 141°E, generally north of 10°S
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane)
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, generally south of 10°S
Papua New Guinea National Weather Service
nbsp;– South Pacific Ocean from 141°E to 160°E, generally north of 10°S
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S {{DEFAULTSORT:Tropical cyclones in 2005 * Tropical cyclones by year 2005 Atlantic hurricane season 2005 Pacific hurricane season 2005 Pacific typhoon season 2005 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season 2005–06 Australian region cyclone season 2004–05 South Pacific cyclone season 2005–06 South Pacific cyclone season 2004–05 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2005–06 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2005-related lists
During 2005, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 141 systems formed with 94 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre. The strongest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Wilma, which was estimated to have a minimum barometric pressure of . 2005 was above-average in terms of the number of storms. The most active basin in the year was the North Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...
, which documented 28 named systems. The Western Pacific had an near-average season with 23 named storms. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season experienced an above-average number of tropical storm intensity systems, numbering 15. Activity across the southern hemisphere's three basins – South-West Indian, Australian, and South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
– was fairly significant, with the regions recording 23 named storms altogether, with the most intense Southern Hemisphere cyclone of the year, Cyclone Percy from the South Pacific Ocean basin peaking at and 900 millibars. Throughout the year, 28 Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including eight Category 5 tropical cyclones
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in the year.
The deadliest and costliest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
in the North Atlantic Ocean, which killed at least 1,800 people in New Orleans and the surrounding areas; Katrina caused more than $125 billion in damage after striking United States, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record, tying with Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest t ...
in 2017
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Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions
A strong La Niña existed throughout 2005.
Summary
Cindy Cindy may refer to:
People
*Cindy (given name), a list of people named Cindy, Cindi, Cyndi or Cyndy
*Tugiyati Cindy (born 1985), Indonesian footballer
Music
* ''Cindy'' (musical), an off-Broadway production in 1964 and 1965
* "Cindy" (folk song ...
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from:04/07/2005 till:13/07/2005 color:NATL text:"Dennis
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is someti ...
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from:04/07/2005 till:07/07/2005 color:WPAC text:"Emong"
from:04/07/2005 till:07/07/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Dora"
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from:10/07/2005 till:21/07/2005 color:WPAC text:" Haitang"
from:10/07/2005 till:21/07/2005 color:NATL text:" Emily"
from:18/07/2005 till:22/07/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Eugene"
from:18/07/2005 till:24/07/2005 color:WPAC text:"Nalgae"
from:20/07/2005 till:27/07/2005 color:WPAC text:"Banyan"
from:21/07/2005 till:29/07/2005 color:NATL text:"Franklin"
from:23/07/2005 till:25/07/2005 color:NATL text:" Gert"
from:28/07/2005 till:31/07/2005 color:WPAC text:"Washi"
from:29/07/2005 till:31/07/2005 color:NATL text:"BOB 02"
from:30/07/2005 till:07/08/2005 color:WPAC text:" Matsa"
from:02/08/2005 till:08/08/2005 color:NATL text:"Harvey"
from:03/08/2005 till:04/08/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"One-C"
from:04/08/2005 till:18/08/2005 color:NATL text:"Irene
Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".
Irene, and related names, may refer to:
* Irene (given name)
Places
* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
* Irene, South Dakota, United States
* Irene, Texas, United States ...
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from:09/08/2005 till:17/08/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Fernanda"
from:09/08/2005 till:12/08/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:10/08/2005 till:14/08/2005 color:WPAC text:"Sanvu"
from:11/08/2005 till:16/08/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Greg"
from:13/08/2005 till:14/08/2005 color:NATL text:"Ten"
from:19/08/2005 till:28/08/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Hilary"
from:19/08/2005 till:28/08/2005 color:WPAC text:"Mawar"
from:21/08/2005 till:25/08/2005 color:WPAC text:"Guchol"
from:23/08/2005 till:31/08/2005 color:NATL text:"Katrina
Katrina or Katrine may refer to:
People
* Katrina (given name)
* Katrine (given name)
Meteorology
* List of storms named Katrina, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Katrina
** Hurricane Katrina, an exceptionally powerful Atlantic hurrican ...
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from:25/08/2005 till:03/09/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Irwin"
from:25/08/2005 till:02/09/2005 color:WPAC text:" Talim"
from:27/08/2005 till:30/08/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:28/08/2005 till:02/09/2005 color:NATL text:"Lee"
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from:28/08/2005 till:08/09/2005 color:WPAC text:" Nabi"
from:01/09/2005 till:10/09/2005 color:NATL text:" Maria"
from:05/09/2005 till:06/09/2005 color:SWIO text:"01"
from:05/09/2005 till:10/09/2005 color:NATL text:" Nate"
from:06/09/2005 till:17/09/2005 color:NATL text:" Ophelia"
from:07/09/2005 till:13/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"Khanun"
from:11/09/2005 till:14/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:12/09/2005 till:16/09/2005 color:NIO text:"BOB 03"
from:12/09/2005 till:25/09/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Jova"
from:14/09/2005 till:01/10/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:" Kenneth"
from:14/09/2005 till:16/09/2005 color:NIO text:"ARB 02"
from:15/09/2005 till:16/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:16/09/2005 till:19/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"Vicente
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer").
Vicente may refer to:
Location
*São Vicente, Cap ...
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from:17/09/2005 till:23/09/2005 color:NATL text:"Philippe"
from:17/09/2005 till:26/09/2005 color:NATL text:" Rita"
from:17/09/2005 till:21/09/2005 color:NIO text:"Pyarr"
from:17/09/2005 till:19/09/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Lidia"
from:18/09/2005 till:26/09/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Max"
from:19/09/2005 till:26/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"Saola"
from:19/09/2005 till:28/09/2005 color:WPAC text:"Damrey"
from:23/09/2005 till:01/10/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Norma"
from:26/09/2005 till:03/10/2005 color:WPAC text:" Longwang"
from:28/09/2005 till:05/10/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Otis
Otis may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Characters
* Otis (Superman), in the films ''Superman'' and ''Superman II'' and related DC Comics media
** Otis Graves, in the TV series ''Supergirl''
* Otis (The Walking Dead), Otis (''The Walking Dead' ...
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from:30/09/2005 till:02/10/2005 color:NATL text:"Nineteen"
from:01/10/2005 till:03/10/2005 color:NIO text:"03B"
from:01/10/2005 till:05/10/2005 color:NATL text:"Stan
Stan or STAN may refer to:
People
* Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name
** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy
* Stan (surname), a Romanian surname
* Stan! (born 1964), American author ...
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from:04/10/2005 till:05/10/2005 color:NATL text:" Unnamed"
from:05/10/2005 till:06/10/2005 color:NATL text:" Tammy"
from:06/10/2005 till:08/10/2005 color:WPAC text:"20W"
from:07/10/2005 till:17/10/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:08/10/2005 till:10/10/2005 color:NATL text:"Twenty-Two (Subtropical)"
from:08/10/2005 till:11/10/2005 color:NATL text:" Vince"
from:10/10/2005 till:12/10/2005 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:10/10/2005 till:19/10/2005 color:WPAC text:"Kirogi"
from:12/10/2005 till:15/10/2005 color:SWIO text:"02"
from:15/10/2005 till:20/10/2005 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Sixteen-E"
from:15/10/2005 till:25/10/2005 color:NATL text:" Wilma"
from:22/10/2005 till:24/10/2005 color:NATL text:"Alpha
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
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from:26/10/2005 till:31/10/2005 color:NATL text:"Beta
Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiod ...
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from:26/10/2005 till:29/10/2005 color:NIO text:"BOB 04"
from:29/10/2005 till:02/11/2005 color:WPAC text:"Kai-tak"
from:05/11/2005 till:08/11/2005 color:AUSR text:"02R"
from:06/11/2005 till:08/11/2005 color:SWIO text:"03"
from:06/11/2005 till:08/11/2005 color:SWIO text:"04"
from:07/11/2005 till:12/11/2005 color:WPAC text:"Tembin"
from:14/11/2005 till:22/11/2005 color:NATL text:"Gamma
Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...
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from:16/11/2005 till:20/11/2005 color:WPAC text:"Bolaven"
from:19/11/2005 till:24/11/2005 color:AUSR
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from:24/11/2005 till:03/12/2005 color:SWIO text:"Bertie-Alvin"
from:20/11/2005 till:22/11/2005 color:NIO text:"BOB 05"
from:22/11/2005 till:28/11/2005 color:NATL text:" Delta"
from:28/11/2005 till:02/12/2005 color:NIO text:"Baaz"
from:29/11/2005 till:08/12/2005 color:NATL text:"Epsilon
Epsilon (, ; uppercase , lowercase or lunate ; el, έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid front unrounded vowel or . In the system of Greek numerals it also has the value five. It was der ...
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from:30/11/2005 till:02/12/2005 color:SPAC text:"01F"
from:03/12/2005 till:06/12/2005 color:SPAC text:"02F"
from:06/12/2005 till:10/12/2005 color:NIO text:"Fanoos"
from:08/12/2005 till:16/12/2005 color:SPAC text:"03F"
from:15/12/2005 till:22/12/2005 color:NIO text:"BOB 08"
from:16/12/2005 till:22/12/2005 color:WPAC text:"Quedan"
from:21/12/2005 till:23/12/2005 color:AUSR text:"04R"
from:23/12/2005 till:30/12/2005 color:SWIO text:"06"
from:30/12/2005 till:06/01/2006 color:NATL text:" Zeta"
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from:30/12/2004 till:31/12/2004 text:Dec. '04
from:01/01/2005 till:31/01/2005 text:January
from:01/02/2005 till:28/02/2005 text:February
from:01/03/2005 till:31/03/2005 text:March
from:01/04/2005 till:30/04/2005 text:April
from:01/05/2005 till:31/05/2005 text:May
from:01/06/2005 till:30/06/2005 text:June
from:01/07/2005 till:31/07/2005 text:July
from:01/08/2005 till:31/08/2005 text:August
from:01/09/2005 till:30/09/2005 text:September
from:01/10/2005 till:31/10/2005 text:October
from:01/11/2005 till:30/11/2005 text:November
from:01/12/2005 till:31/12/2005 text:December
from:01/01/2006 till:08/01/2006 text:Jan. '06
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North Atlantic Ocean
The activity was the most active Atlantic hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year from June through November when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean, referred to in North American countries as hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions. In addition ...
in recorded history at the time, shattering numerous records, with 31 tropical or subtropical cyclones recorded. The United States National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is the division of the United States' NOAA/National Weather Service responsible for tracking and predicting tropical weather systems between the Prime Meridian and the 140th meridian west poleward to the 3 ...
named 27 storms, exhausting the annual pre-designated list and resulting in the usage of six Greek letter names. A record 15 storms attained hurricane status, with maximum sustained winds
The maximum sustained wind associated with a tropical cyclone is a common
indicator of the intensity of the storm. Within a mature tropical cyclone, it is found within the eyewall at a distance defined as the radius of maximum wind, or RMW. Unl ...
of at least 74 mph (119 km/h); of those, a record seven became major hurricanes, which are a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The season's impact was widespread and catastrophic. Its storms caused an estimated 3,912 deaths and approximately $171.7 billion in damage. It was the costliest season on record at the time, until its record was surpassed 12 years later. It also produced the second-highest accumulated cyclone energy
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) is a metric used by various agencies to express the energy released by a tropical cyclone during its lifetime. It is calculating by summing the square of a tropical cyclone's maximum sustained winds, measured ever ...
(ACE) in the Atlantic basin, surpassed only by the 1933 season. The season officially began on June 1, 2005, and the first storm – Arlene – developed on June 8. Hurricane Dennis in July inflicted heavy damage to Cuba. Hurricane Stan in October was part of a broader weather system that killed 1,668 people and caused $3.96 billion in damage to eastern Mexico and Central America, with Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
hit the hardest. The final storm – Zeta – formed in late December and lasted until January 6, 2006.
Eastern Pacific Ocean
The activity continued the trend of generally below-average activity that began a decade prior. The season's first tropical cyclone, Adrian, developed on May 17 and reached its peak as a Category 1 hurricane Category 1 can refer to:
*Category 1 cable, an electrical standard for communications wiring
* Category 1 tropical cyclone, on any of the Tropical cyclone scales
* Cat11egory 1 pandemic, on the Pandemic Severity Index, an American influenza pandemi ...
. Named storms are infrequent in May, with one tropical storm every two years and a hurricane once every four years. At the time, Adrian was the fourth earliest tropical cyclone to form in the eastern Pacific since reliable record-keeping began in 1971. Activity throughout the remainder of the season was far less notable, with 16 tropical cyclones, 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. The long-term 1971–2004 average suggests an average season to feature 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. October, in particular, was notably quiet, with the formation of only one tropical depression; only three other seasons, 1989, 1995, and 1996, ended the month without the designation of a named storm.
Western Pacific Ocean
Although the season was quiet, some typhoons caused extensive damages in many places, especially in China where eight typhoons struck the country. First, Typhoon Haitang The name Haitang has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by China and literally means "Chinese flowering crabapple".
* Typhoon Haitang (2005)
Typhoon Haitang, known in the Philipp ...
became the strongest storm in the basin this year and caused about $1.1 billion in damages in Taiwan and China in mid July. In August, Typhoon Matsa made landfall in Eastern China and caused about $2.23 billion in damages. Later that same month, two powerful typhoons made landfall, causing extreme damage and some casualties. Similar to Haitang, Typhoon Longwang made landfall in Taiwan and China at a strong intensity causing damages. The season also marked the first time the Atlantic hurricane season
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was more active than the Pacific typhoon season (the others being 2010
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and 2020
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). However, the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
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featured record high activity while the Pacific typhoon season featured near average activity.
North Indian Ocean
There were a total of 12 depressions during the year, three less than normal, although the highest since 1992. The IMD named four cyclonic storms, a process they initiated in 2004, which was also below normal. No systems strengthened beyond cyclonic storm status. The season was the sixth in a row with below normal activity, based on the seasonal accumulated cyclone energy
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) is a metric used by various agencies to express the energy released by a tropical cyclone during its lifetime. It is calculating by summing the square of a tropical cyclone's maximum sustained winds, measured ever ...
. Storms generally develop when the monsoon trough is located over tropical waters, with a peak from May to June and another peak in November. The monsoon developed 11 distinct low-pressure areas by the end of September, including five monsoon depressions, and the monsoon season was more active than usual.
Systems
January
January was above average featuring thirteen tropical cyclones, of which ten of them being named. The month started off with a tropical low which was short lived in the Mozambique Channel. The month's first named storm Cyclone Sally formed on the 7th in the Australian basin, however it dissipated two days later. The South-West Indian Ocean basin also had two notable storms Cyclone Ernest
Intense Tropical Cyclone Ernest was one of two intense tropical cyclones in the 2004–05 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The eighth tropical disturbance of the season, Ernest formed from a persistent area of thunderstorms in the central ...
and Tropical Storm Felapi which both impacted Madagascar. The North Indian Ocean had an early start with a depression and Cyclone Hibaru forming. The Northwest Pacific basin also had an early start with Tropical Storm Kulap The name Kulap ( th, กุหลาบ, ) has been used for four tropical cyclones in the western north Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Thailand and means "rose" (). It was spelt ''Kularb'' until a 2002 update by the World Meteorologi ...
forming near the Caroline Islands.
February
February was slightly below-average featuring nine tropical cyclones, of which seven were named. The Australian region featured Cyclone Harvey
Cyclone Harvey was a tropical cyclone that struck Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia during the 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season. It had a minimum pressure of
967 mbar (hPa; 28.56 inHg) and maximum wind gusts of .
Met ...
and Tropical Low Vivienne. Harvery formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria
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before making landfall on Queensland and the Northern Territory while Vivienne caused minor oil and gas distruptions in the Timor Sea. The Southern Pacific basin featuted seven cyclones of which three of them became Category 5 cyclones. Cyclones Meena, Olaf, Nancy, and Percy all affected the Cook Islands with Percy becoming the strongest storm of the month.
March
March was very inactive, featuring five tropical cyclones with all of them being named. The month started off with Cyclone Ingrid, which formed north of the Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...
. Ingril was a erratic cyclone which effected much of Northern Australia as a Category 4 tropical storm. The storm made landfall on the town of Nhulunbuy
Nhulunbuy () is a township that is the sixth largest population centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Nhulunbuy was created on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and a deep water port were established ...
as a Category 5 on the Australian scale. It then made a slow approach on Kimberley
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** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
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before dissipating. While, Ingril was a Category 5 cyclone, another storm named Cyclone Willy formed northwest of Australia
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. Willy only caused minor oil distruption in the Timor Sea but had no effect on land. The Western Pacific basin featured its second storm Tropical Storm Roke. Roke struck the Philippines as a mimimal typhoon killing 7 people. The South-West Indian Ocean featured two storms named Hennie and Isang. Hennie caused minor damage on Mauritius, and Réunion
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before accelerating towards the southeastern Indian Ocean. Isang on the other hand took a similar route with Hennie but had no effect on land.
April
April was average featuring eight tropical cyclones, of which three were named. The month started off with Cyclone Adeline-Juliet which became the strongest storm of the month. The storm was first noted near the Cocos Islands and was upgraded into Tropical Storm Adeline. It then entered the South-West Indian Ocean basin where the storm was renamed Juliet. It then intensified into an Intense Tropical Cyclone until the system weakened and became extratropical. Later ''11U'' formed over the Arafura Sea and made landfall on Papua New Guinea. 11U was the last storm of the 2004–05 Australian region cyclone season
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. The second named storm was Cyclone Sheila which formed over Fiji
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. The storm then curved away from Fiji where the storm dissipated shortly after being named. The third named storm was Typhoon Sonca which formed in the Western Pacific. It then intensified into a Category 4 typhoon. Despite its strength, the typhoon stayed at sea and dissipated. The other unnamed storms were rather weak and short-lived as not much information is known.
May
May was a very inactive season featuring only three tropical cyclones with two of them being. The month's first storm started in the Western Pacific with the formation of a tropical depression named ''Crising'' which was named by the PAGASA
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
*PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
*Pagasa, alternate s ...
. Crising formed east of the Philippine island of Mindanao however, the storm never organized into a tropical storm and did not receive an International name. It then dissipated east of the Philippines. The Eastern Pacific featured its first storm of the year, Hurricane Adrian. ''Adrian'' formed very early shortly after the season started and took an unusually northeast route towards El Salvador
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making it the closest hurricane ever to approach the country. It then made landfall on Honduras
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before dissipating. The last storm of the month was Nesat which formed near Guam. ''Nesat'' then intensified into a Category 4 typhoon before passing south of Japan
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before becoming extratropical southeast of Japan.
June
June was an inactive month featuring only six tropical storms with four of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Tropical Storm Arlene and Tropical Storm Calvin which formed south of Mexico. However, the two storms weren't much of a threat to the country. The Atlantic featured Tropical Storm Arlene and Tropical Storm Bret. ''Arlene'', which became the first storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
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and the strongest storm of the month, formed very early north of Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
. It traveled north in the Gulf of Mexico then made landfall near the Alabama- Florida border. ''Bret'' was a short lived storm that made landfall Veracruz in Mexico causing minor damage. The North Indian Ocean featured two depressions with one depression forming over India causing minor flooding.
July
July was average featuring fourteen tropical cyclones, with twelve of them being named. The East Pacific featured two tropical storms named Dora and Eugene
Eugene may refer to:
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* Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...
. The two storms made a close approach to the Mexican coastline however, the damage was minimal. The Western Pacific saw the formation of Typhoons Haitang, Matsa and Tropical Storms Nalgae, Banyan, and Washi and Emong. Typhoon Haitang, which became the strongest storm of the month made landfall on China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
along with Typhoon Matsa which made landfall near Shanghai. ''Washi'' made landfall in Vietnam while Banyan made a close approach to Japan
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but missed the country and became extratropical east of Japan. The Atlantic featured three hurricanes and two tropical storms. Some notable storms include Dennis
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is someti ...
and Hurricane Emily. ''Dennis'' was an early-forming Category 4 hurricane that traveled across the Caribbean
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and eventually striking Alabama inflicting severe damage and killing at least 70 people. Dennis was then followed by ''Emily'' which also formed near Windward Islands. It then became the earliest-forming hurricane with a Category 5 strength. It was also the costliest Category 5 hurricane to not have its name retired. The North Indian Ocean featured the only non-named storm of the month classified as BOB 02 which was short lived.
August
August was average, featuring eighteen tropical cyclones with fourteen of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Hurricanes Fernanda, and Hilary, Tropical Storms Greg, and Irwin along with one depression classified as One-C. The five storms all stayed away from any landmass however, One-C's remnants dropped moderate rain on Hawaii causing minor damage. The Western Pacific featured three typhoons named Mawar
Mawar is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India
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, Talim, and Nabi and Severe Tropical Storms Sanvu and Ghuchol. ''Sanvu'' and ''Talim'' struck China
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while ''Mawar'' and ''Nabi'' affected Japan
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. The Atlantic featured Tropical Storms Harvey, Jose, and Lee
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Name
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* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...
and Hurricanes Irene
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* Irene, Texas, United States ...
and Katrina
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* Katrina (given name)
* Katrine (given name)
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* List of storms named Katrina, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Katrina
** Hurricane Katrina, an exceptionally powerful Atlantic hurrican ...
. ''Jose'' was short lived but struck Central Mexico causing minor damage. Hurricane Katrina
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on the other hand struck Florida and intensified into the season's second Category 5 hurricane. Katrina then struck New Orleans causing a large storm surge
A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the n ...
leaving the city completely flooded. The hurricane killed at least 1,800 people and inflicted $125 billion dollars worth of damage making it at the time the costliest tropical storm on record until it tied with Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest t ...
in 2017.
September
September was very active featuring 22 tropical storms with 17 of them being named. The Eastern Pacific featured Hurricanes Jova, Kenneth, Max
Max or MAX may refer to:
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* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
, and Otis
Otis may refer to:
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* Otis (Superman), in the films ''Superman'' and ''Superman II'' and related DC Comics media
** Otis Graves, in the TV series ''Supergirl''
* Otis (The Walking Dead), Otis (''The Walking Dead' ...
and Tropical storms Lidia and Norma. Otis became a Category 2 hurricane and threatened the Baja California Peninsula, however, it dissipated before it could reach the peninsula. The other storms on the other hand stayed at sea. The Western Pacific featured some deadly storms mostly being Typhoons Khanun, Damrey, Vicente
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer").
Vicente may refer to:
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, and Longwang. ''Khanun'', ''Damrey'', and ''Longwang'' all struck China
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killing more than 350 people. ''Vincente'' on the other hand looped in The South China Sea before striking Vietnam killing at least 22 people. The Atlantic season continued with the formation of Hurricanes Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, and Rita, and a short lived depression. ''Maria'', affected parts of Norway causing 3 deaths. ''Nate'' stayed at sea however it disturbed some Canadian Navy ships heading to the U.S to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina along with ''Ophelia'' which affected much of the Eastern United States as well as parts of Atlantic Canada
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. Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the top ten L ...
on the other hand became the third Category 5 hurricane in the basin and became the most intense Atlantic Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico by pressure. Rita then made landfall near the Texas- Louisiana border which was already devastated by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
. Rita was the strongest storm in 2005 until it was then beaten by Hurricane Wilma the next month. In the North Indian Ocean, three short lived depressions as well as Cyclone Pyarr
The 2005 North Indian Ocean cyclone season caused much devastation and many deaths in Southern India despite the storms’ weakness. The basin covers the Indian Ocean north of the equator as well as inland areas, sub-divided by the Arabian Sea an ...
formed. ''Pyarr'', being the only named stormed of the month affected India and Bangladesh which resulted in severe damage and severe loss of life.
October
October was above average featuring sixteen storms with eight of them being named. In the East Pacific a short lived depression formed. The storm officially ended the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. In the West Pacific, Typhoons Kirogi and Kai-tak along with three depressions formed. Kirogi approached Japan but drifted away from the mainland. Kai-tak on the other hand paralleled the Vietnamese coast as a tropical storm before dissipating. In the Atlantic, the active season continued on with the formation of Tropical Storms Tammy and Alpha
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
and, Hurricanes Stan
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** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy
* Stan (surname), a Romanian surname
* Stan! (born 1964), American author ...
, Vince, Wilma, Beta
Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiod ...
and along with two depressions and an unnamed subtropical storm. Stan affected much of Central America and Mexico killing more than 1,600 people. Vince formed out of the unnamed subtropical storm which then intensified into a minimal Category 1 hurricane becoming the most eastern hurricane until the record was broken by Hurricane Pablo
Hurricane Pablo was a late-season Category 1 hurricane that became the farthest east-forming hurricane in the North Atlantic tropical cyclone basin on record, beating the previous record set by Hurricane Vince in 2005. The seventeenth tropi ...
in 2019
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. Hurricane Wilma on the other hand intensified into a Category 5 hurricane within a day with its pressure dropping from 982hPa to 882hPa within a 30-hour period. Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, based on pressure. In the North Indian Ocean, 03B and BOB 04 formed but were short lived.
November
November was average featuring ten storms with seven storms being named. In the Southern Hemisphere, 02R and 01F formed but were short lived. Another notable storm was Cyclone Bertie-Alvin which was given two names. Bertie-Alvin wandered across the Southern Indian Ocean before dissipating. In the West Pacific, Tembin and Bolaven formed with the storms affecting the Philippines. In the North Indian Ocean, BOB 05 and Cyclone Baaz. In the Atlantic, Tropical storms Gamma
Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...
, Delta and Hurricane Epsilon formed. Gamma affected Central America while Epsilon stayed out to sea. Delta, on the other hand, stuck the Canary Islands
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which destroyed an iconic sea stack. Delta's remnants then made landfall of Morocco and Algeria.
December
December was inactive featuring six storms with two of them being named. In the Southern Hemisphere, 02F
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Hi ...
and 04R formed but were short lived. In the West Pacific, a short lived depression that was named ''Quedan'' by the PAGASA traveled across the South China Sea and dissipated south of Vietnam. In the North Indian Ocean, Cyclonic Storm Fanoos and BOB 08 formed with Fannos making landfall in Southern India. BOB 08 on the other hand stayed in the Bay of Bengal. In the Atlantic, Zeta formed very late in the season and became the 28th storm of the year. Zeta continued into January 2006 which made it the second Atlantic tropical cyclones to span two calendar years (the other being Hurricane Alice in 1954–55).
Global effects
See also
* Tropical cyclones by year * List of earthquakes in 2005 *Tornadoes of 2005
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2005. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, Argentina, Brazil and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere u ...
Notes
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2005 are counted in the seasonal totals.2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2005 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
IMD Scale
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which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
Saffir Simpson Scale
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which uses 1-minute sustained winds.5The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on
Météo-France
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Organisation
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which uses gust winds.
References
External links
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Central Pacific Hurricane Center
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Japan Meteorological Agency
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India Meteorological Department
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane)
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Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
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