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was an event in the annual

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season in the north

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. It was the second most active

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in recorded history, and the most extreme (i.e. produced the highest

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(ACE)) in the

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era. Officially, the season began on June 1, 2005 and ended on November 30, 2005. These dates, adopted by convention, historically delimit the period in each year when most tropical systems form. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Arlene, developed on June 8. The final storm,

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, formed in late December and persisted until January 6, 2006. Zeta is only the second December Atlantic storm in recorded history to survive into January, joining Hurricane Alice in 1955. The season's impact was widespread and catastrophic. Its storms touched virtually every part of the Atlantic basin. Altogether, there were 28 named tropical storms during the season, exhausting the annual pre-designated list and resulting in the usage of six

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names. A record 15 tropical storms attained hurricane strength, of which a record seven intensified into

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s. Six hurricanes made landfall or near-landfall on the U.S. during the season: Cindy,

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and Wilma. Record-breaking 2005 hurricanes included: * Emily, the strongest hurricane ever on record to form in the month of July, with peak winds of 160 mph (260

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), later weakening and striking

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twice; * Katrina, which became the costliest tropical cyclone on record, causing over 1,200 deaths and $125 billion in damage, particularly in the city of

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and the surrounding areas; * Wilma, which became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, recording a

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of 882

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(

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; 26.05

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). Following the 2005 season, the names ''Dennis'', ''Katrina'', ''Rita'', ''Stan'' and ''Wilma'' were retired from reuse in the North Atlantic by the

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. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the

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, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included. 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. By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations:

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(UTC), and also use the

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(where 00:00 = midnight UTC). In this time line, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective local time included in parentheses.

Timeline

June

June 1 * The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. June 8 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression One forms just north of the northeastern coast of

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. June 9 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Arlene about west-southwest of

Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles ( ...

Island. June 10 * 08:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Arlene makes landfall near

Cabo Corrientes, Cuba Cabo Corrientes is a cape on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula in Pinar del Río Province, in the west of Cuba. It is covered by a protected nature reserve. The cape has been the scene of various pirate encounters and shipwrecks. During World War II (1 ...

with sustained winds of 50 mph (80

)The figures for

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s and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (

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, or

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), following the convention used in the

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for each storm. All other units are rounded to the nearest digit. winds. Arlene 11 june 2005 1645Z

June 11 * 01:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. CDT, June 10)Tropical Storm Arlene reaches its peak intensity over the northeastern

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with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of . * 19:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Arlene makes landfall west of

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with winds. June 12 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, June 11)Tropical Storm Arlene weakens into a tropical depression inland near

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. June 13 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Arlene becomes

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just northeast of

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and is later absorbed by a

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. June 28 * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Two forms about northeast of

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

. June 29 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, June 28)Tropical Depression Two strengthens into Tropical Storm Bret about north-northeast of Veracruz. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Bret makes landfall near

Tuxpan Tuxpan (or Túxpam, fully Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano) 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 o ...

, Veracruz with winds. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Bret weakens into a tropical depression southwest of

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

. June 30 * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. CDT, June 29)Tropical Depression Bret dissipates inland about west of Tampico.

July

July 3 * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Three forms about east of

Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; yua, label=Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) 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. In 2020 i ...

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...

. July 4 * 03:30 UTC (10:30 p.m. CDT, July 3)Tropical Depression Three makes landfall about north-northeast of Majahual, Quintana Roo with sustained winds of . * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Four forms over the southern

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. * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Four makes landfall on

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with sustained winds of . July 5 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Three strengthens into Tropical Storm Cindy over the central Gulf of Mexico. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Four strengthens into Tropical Storm Dennis southeast of

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...

. July 6 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, July 5)Tropical Storm Cindy strengthens into a hurricane about south-southwest of

Grand Isle, Louisiana Grand Isle is a town in Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on a barrier island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico. The island is at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the gulf. The town of Grand Isle is statistica ...

. * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. CDT, July 5)Hurricane Cindy makes landfall just southwest of Grand Isle with winds of . * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Cindy weakens into a tropical storm south-southeast of

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along the Gulf coast. * 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Cindy makes landfall just southeast of

Ansley, Mississippi Ansley is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. It is located approximately west of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Bay St. Louis. History Ansley was established as a Request stop, flag sto ...

with winds of . * 15:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Cindy weakens to a tropical depression inland about north-northwest of

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. * 22:00 UTC (6:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Dennis strengthens into a hurricane about east-southeast of

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

. July 7 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) – Tropical Depression Cindy becomes extratropical over northern

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, and subsequently dissipates over the

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. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis intensifies to Category 2 about east-southeast of Kingston. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis intensifies to Category 3 about northeast of Kingston. July 8 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 7)Hurricane Dennis intensifies to Category 4 about southeast of Cabo Cruz, Cuba. * 02:45 UTC (10:45 p.m. EDT, July 7)Hurricane Dennis makes landfall near Punta del Ingles (just east of Cabo Cruz) with winds. * 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, July 7)Hurricane Dennis weakens to Category 3 while passing over land. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis re-intensifies to Category 4 over the

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and attains its maximum sustained wind speed of . * 18:45 UTC (2:45 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis makes landfall just west of Punta Mangles Altos (in southern

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with winds of . July 9 * 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis emerges into the

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just east of Havana at Category 1 strength. * 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis re-intensifies to Category 2 about west-southwest of

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. * 23:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis re-intensifies to Category 3 about south of

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July 10 * 05:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Dennis re-intensifies to Category 4 about south of Panama City. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Dennis attains a minimum pressure of south-southeast of Pensacola, Florida. * 19:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Dennis weakens to Category 3 about east-southeast of Pensacola. * 19:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Dennis makes landfall on Santa Rosa Island, west of

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with winds. July 11 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 10)Tropical Depression Five forms in the central Atlantic about east of the southern Windward Islands. * 01:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. CDT, July 10)Hurricane Dennis weakens into a tropical storm about northeast of

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. * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Dennis weakens into a tropical depression over central Alabama. July 12 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 11)Tropical Depression Five strengthens into Tropical Storm Emily about east of the southern Windward Islands. July 13 * 15:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Dennis becomes a remnant low about west-northwest of

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, and is subsequently absorbed into a larger low over

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. July 14 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 13)Tropical Storm Emily attains hurricane strength about east-southeast of Grenada. * 07:00 UTC (3:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Emily makes landfall on Grenada with winds. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Emily intensifies to Category 2 strength about west-northwest of Grenada. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Emily intensifies to Category 3 strength about southeast of

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. July 15 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Emily intensifies to Category 4 strength about southeast of Santo Domingo. Hurricane Emily 16 july 2005 1545Z

July 17 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 16)Hurricane Emily intensifies to Category 5 strength about southwest of Jamaica, reaching its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . July 18 * 06:30 UTC (2:30 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Emily makes landfall near

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, Quintana Roo with winds. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Emily weakens over the

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, emerging into the Gulf of Mexico near

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at Category 1 strength. July 19 * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Emily re-intensifies to Category 2 strength. July 20 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, July 19)Hurricane Emily re-intensifies to Category 3 strength. * 11:30 UTC (6:30 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Emily makes landfall near

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with winds. * 21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Emily weakens to a tropical storm about southeast of

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. July 21 * 09:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Emily weakens to a tropical depression about southwest of Monterrey. * 18:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Emily dissipates over the

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. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Six forms about east of

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. July 22 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 21)Tropical Depression Six strengthens into Tropical Storm Franklin about east-southeast of

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Island, Bahamas. July 23 * 18:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Seven forms in the

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, about east-southeast of

, Veracruz. * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Franklin attains its maximum sustained wind speed of while centered about east of

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, Florida. July 24 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Seven becomes Tropical Storm Gert about east-southeast of Tuxpan. July 25 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, July 24)Tropical Storm Gert reaches its maximum intensity, with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of , at landfall, just north of Cabo Rojo, Tamaulipas. * 09:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Gert weakens to a tropical depression about west of Tampico, Tamaulipas. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Gert becomes a remnant low and dissipates over the mountains of central Mexico. July 28 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Franklin attains a minimum pressure of west-northwest of

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. July 29 * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Franklin becomes extratropical about east-southeast of

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, and is later absorbed by a larger extratropical system over the far northern Atlantic.

August

August 2 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Eight forms about southwest of Bermuda. August 3 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Harvey about southwest of Bermuda August 4 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Nine forms about west of the

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. August 7 * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Nine strengthens into Tropical Storm Irene about east of the northern Leeward Islands. August 8 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Irene weakens into a tropical depression. August 10 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 9)Tropical Storm Harvey becomes extratropical in northern Atlantic about southeast of

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, and subsequently dissipates. August 11 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 10)Tropical Depression Irene re-intensifies to tropical storm strength about northeast of the

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. August 13 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Ten forms about east of

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. August 14 * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Ten degenerates into a remnant low and subsequently dissipates. August 15 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 14)Tropical Storm Irene intensifies to hurricane strength roughly midway between Bermuda and the

Outer Banks of North Carolina The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating ...

August 16 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Irene reaches Category 2 intensity. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Irene reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of and minimum pressure of about northeast of Bermuda. August 18 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 AST, August 17)Hurricane Irene weakens to a tropical storm about south of

Cape Race Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", mea ...

, Newfoundland. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Irene is absorbed by a larger extratropical system east-southeast of Cape Race. August 22 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Eleven forms about east of Veracruz, Veracruz. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Eleven strengthens into Tropical Storm Jose about east-northeast of Veracruz. August 23 * 03:30 UTC (10:30 p.m. CDT, August 22)Tropical Storm Jose makes landfall about north of Veracruz with winds. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Jose weakens to a tropical depression about south-southeast of Tuxpan, Veracruz and soon dissipates over the mountains of eastern Mexico. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twelve forms near

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. August 24 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twelve strengthens into Tropical Storm Katrina about east-southeast of

Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. ...

. August 25 * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Katrina intensifies to hurricane strength about east-northeast of

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...

. * 22:30 UTC (6:30 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Katrina makes its first landfall between Hallandale Beach and

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, United States with winds. August 26 * 05:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Katrina weakens over

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and emerges into the gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm just north of

Cape Sable Cape Sable is the southernmost point of the United States mainland and mainland Florida. It is located in southwestern Florida, in Monroe County, and is part of the Everglades National Park. The cape is a peninsula issuing from the southeastern ...

. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Katrina re-intensifies to hurricane strength. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 2 intensity. August 27 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 3 intensity; radar and reconnaissance aircraft locate its eye about southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Hurricane Katrina August 28 2005 NASA

August 28 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 4 intensity. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 5 intensity. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Thirteen forms about east of the Lesser Antilles. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Katrina reaches its peak intensity about 170 n mi southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . August 29 * 11:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near

Buras, Louisiana Buras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP. History ...

with upper-Category 3 sustained winds of . * 15:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Katrina makes its final landfall near the mouth of the

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, just south of

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, with sustained winds of winds after crossing

Breton Sound Breton Sound (french: Détroit Breton) 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. Two ships in the Uni ...

. * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Thirteen degenerates into a broad area of low pressure about east-northeast of the

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. August 30 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, August 29)Hurricane Katrina weakens into a tropical storm just northwest of

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. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Katrina weakens into a tropical depression over

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. August 31 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 30)Tropical Depression Katrina transitions into an extratropical low pressure system over the

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and is later absorbed within a frontal zone over the eastern

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. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Thirteen regenerates east-southeast of Bermuda. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Lee in the central Atlantic between Bermuda and the

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September

September 1 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 31)Tropical Storm Lee weakens to a tropical depression. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Fourteen forms east of the northern Leeward Islands. September 2 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Lee degenerates into a remnant

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over the central Atlantic. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Fourteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Maria. September 4 * 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Maria intensifies into a hurricane about east of Bermuda. September 5 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Maria reaches Category 2 intensity. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Fifteen forms south-southwest of Bermuda. September 6 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 5)Hurricane Maria reaches Category 3 intensity and its peak strength with estimated sustained winds of near and a minimum barometric pressure of about east of Bermuda. * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 5)Tropical Depression Fifteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Nate south-southwest of Bermuda. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Maria weakens to Category 2 intensity. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Sixteen forms over the northern Bahamas. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Maria weakens to Category 1 intensity. * 16:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Sixteen's broad circulation center crosses

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Island with winds. September 7 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Sixteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Ophelia east-southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Nate intensifies into a hurricane about south-southwest of Bermuda. September 8 * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Ophelia intensifies into a hurricane while stationary about east-northeast of Cape Canaveral, and oscillates between hurricane and tropical storm strength several times over the ensuing several days. September 9 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 8)Hurricane Maria weakens to a tropical storm about southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 8)Hurricane Nate attains its peak strength east of Bermuda with sustained winds of near and a minimum barometric pressure of . September 10 * 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Maria becoming extratropical roughly east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and subsequently merges with another extratropical cyclone over the

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. * 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Ophelia attains a minimum pressure of about south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Nate becomes extratropical about west of the Azores and later merges with a stationary front. Hurricane Ophelia 14 sept 2005 1605Z

September 14 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Ophelia attains its peak sustained wind speed of about miles south-southeast of

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; its northern eyewall passed over the coast during this time. September 15 * 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, September 14)Hurricane Ophelia passes about south-southeast of

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, then moves generally to the east-northeast parallel to the Outer Banks. September 16 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 15)Hurricane Ophelia weakens into a tropical storm for the last time. September 17 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Seventeen forms east of Barbados. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Seventeen strengthens into Tropical Storm Philippe east of Barbados. September 18 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 17)Tropical Depression Eighteen forms east of

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. * 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, September 17)Tropical Storm Ophelia becomes extratropical about south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and subsequently dissipates over the

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. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Eighteen strengthens into Tropical Storm Rita about east-southeast of

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Island, Bahamas. September 19 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 18)Tropical Storm Philippe intensifies to hurricane strength about east of the northern Leeward Islands. September 20 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, September 19)Hurricane Philippe attains its peak strength with sustained winds of near and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Philippe weakens into a tropical storm east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Rita reaches hurricane strength about east-southeast of Key West, Florida. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Rita reaches Category 2 intensity about south of Key West. September 21 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Rita reaches Category 3 intensity about west-southwest of

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. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Rita reaches Category 4 intensity about west of Key West. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Rita reaches Category 5 intensity. September 22 * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. CDT, September 21)Hurricane Rita attains its peak strength about south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River with sustained winds of near and a minimum barometric pressure of . * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Rita weakens to a Category 4 hurricane about southeast of

Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...

. September 23 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Philippe weakens into a tropical depression. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Philippe degenerates to a remnant low south-southeast of Bermuda, and later becomes embedded within a broader non-tropical low. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Rita weakens to a Category 3 hurricane about southeast of

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September 24 * 07:30 UTC (2:30 a.m. CDT) Hurricane Rita makes landfall between Sabine Pass and

Johnson Bayou, Louisiana Johnson Bayou is a small unincorporated community located on the Creole Nature Trail along the Gulf Coast in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is named after Daniel Johnson, who came to the area ''circa'' 1790. The village is a barr ...

with winds. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Rita weakens into a tropical storm about north of

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. September 25 * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. CDT, September 24)Tropical Storm Rita weakens to a tropical depression about north of

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. September 26 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Rita degenerates to a remnant low over

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and is later absorbed into a weather front. September 30 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Nineteen forms west-southwest of the

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Islands.

October

October 1 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, September 30)Tropical Depression Nineteen reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of . * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Twenty forms southeast of

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, Quintana Roo. October 2 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Twenty strengthens into Tropical Storm Stan just off the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. * 10:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Stan makes landfall about south of Tulum, Quintana Roo with winds. * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Nineteen dissipates about west of the Cape Verde Islands. October 3 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 2)Tropical Storm Stan weakens into a tropical depression over the Yucatán Peninsula. * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Stan regains tropical storm strength after emerging off the northwestern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. October 4 * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Stan re-intensifies to hurricane strength about east of Veracruz, Veracruz. * 06:00 UTCA low pressure area in the eastern Atlantic gains some tropical characteristics and becomes a

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undetected. * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Stan reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of while making landfall about east-southeast of Veracruz. * 12:00 UTCThe undetected subtropical depression strengthens undetected into a tropical storm in the eastern Atlantic. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Stan weakens into a tropical storm south-southeast of Veracruz. October 5 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 4)Tropical Storm Stan weakens into a tropical depression and later dissipates over the

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. * 06:00 UTCThe undetected subtropical storm becomes extratropical over the northeastern Atlantic. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Tammy forms east of

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. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Tammy reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of . * 23:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Tammy makes landfall near

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with winds. October 6 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Tammy weakens into a tropical depression over southern Georgia. October 7 * 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 6)Tropical Depression Tammy degenerates into a remnant low pressure system over the

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and is later absorbed by a larger deep-layer extratropical low pressure system. October 8 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Subtropical Depression Twenty-two forms about southeast of Bermuda. * 06:00 UTC (7:00 a.m.

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)Subtropical Storm Vince forms about southeast of Lajes, Azores. Vince2005

October 9 * 12:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. WEST)Subtropical Storm Vince gains tropical characteristics and becomes Tropical Storm Vince. * 18:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. WEST)Tropical Storm Vince intensifies to hurricane strength about northwest of

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. October 10 * 00:00 UTC (2:00 a.m.

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)Hurricane Vince weakens to a tropical storm north-northwest of the Madeira Islands. * 06:00 UTC (2: a.m. EDT)Subtropical Depression Twenty-two degenerates into a remnant low and is late absorbed by a larger extratropical low. October 11 * 00:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. CEST)Tropical Storm Vince weakens into a tropical depression about west-southwest of

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. * 09:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CEST)Tropical Depression Vince makes landfall near

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, with winds. * 09:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CEST)Tropical Depression Vince, the first recorded tropical cyclone to reach the

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, begins to lose its tropical characteristics as it makes landfall and later dissipates over southern Spain. October 15 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-four forms east-southeast of Grand Cayman. October 17 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-four strengthens into Tropical Storm Wilma southeast of Grand Cayman. October 18 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Wilma strengthens into Hurricane Wilma south-southeast of Grand Cayman. * 19:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 2 intensity south of Grand Cayman. * 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 3 intensity south of Grand Cayman. HurricaneWilma20Oct2005

October 19 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 18)Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 4 intensity south of Grand Cayman. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma reaches Category 5 intensity south-southwest of Grand Cayman. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of and an Atlantic basin record central minimum pressure of . October 20 * 03:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, October 19)Hurricane Wilma weakens slightly to Category 4 intensity about southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo. October 21 * 21:45 UTC (4:45 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Wilma makes landfall on the Island of Cozumel with winds. October 22 * 03:30 UTC (10:30 p.m. CDT, October 21)Hurricane Wilma makes landfall at

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, Quintana Roo with winds. * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-five forms southwest of San Juan Puerto Rico. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-five strengthens into Tropical Storm Alpha south-southeast of

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. October 23 *00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, October 22)Hurricane Wilma emerges into the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane about north-northwest of

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, Quintana Roo. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Alpha reaches its maximum intensity with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of as it nears the coast of Hispaniola. * 10:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Alpha makes landfall near

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with winds. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Alpha weakens into a tropical depression in the high mountains of Hispaniola and is subsequently absorbed by the much larger circulation of Hurricane Wilma. October 24 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma re-intensifies to Category 3 west-northwest of Key West, Florida. * 10:30 UTC (6:30 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near Cape Romano, Florida, with winds. * 17:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. EDT)Hurricane Wilma emerges into the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 2 hurricane about northeast of

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. October 25 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 24)Hurricane Wilma re-intensifies to Category 3 about south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT, October 24)Hurricane Wilma weakens to Category 2 about south-southwest of Cape Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 26 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 25)Hurricane Wilma becomes extratropical about southeast of Halifax and is later absorbed by another extratropical cyclone. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-six forms about north of the northern central coast of

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. October 27 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Twenty-six strengthens into Tropical Storm Beta about south of San Andrés Island. Hurricane Beta 29 oct 2005 1840Z

October 29 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Beta intensifies to hurricane strength just northwest of

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. October 30 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, October 29)Hurricane Beta reaches Category 2 intensity about east-southeast of

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. * 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. EST)Hurricane Beta intensifies to Category 3, simultaneously reaching its peak intensity with sustained winds of and a minimum pressure of . * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EST)Hurricane Beta makes landfall on the central coast of Nicaragua near La Barra del

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, with winds. * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. EST)Hurricane Beta weakens into a tropical storm inland, about north of

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. October 31 * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. EST, October 30)Tropical Storm Beta weakens into a tropical depression about east-northeast of

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, and later dissipates over west-central Nicaragua.

November

November 14 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, November 13)Tropical Depression Twenty-seven forms about west of

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. November 15 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Twenty-seven strengthens undetected into a tropical storm. * 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Twenty-seven weakens to a tropical depression about south-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. November 16 * 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. EST)Tropical Depression Twenty-seven degenerates into a tropical wave about southeast of Jamaica. November 18 * 18:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. CST)Remnants of Tropical Depression Twenty-seven regenerate into Tropical Storm Gamma along the northern coast of Honduras near

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. November 19 * 12:00 UTC (6:00 a.m. CST)Tropical Storm Gamma reaches its peak intensity just east of Roatán Island, Honduras, with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . November 20 * 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EST)Tropical Storm Gamma weakens to a tropical depression about north-northeast of Limón. November 21 * 03:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. EST, November 20)Tropical Depression Gamma degenerates into a non-convective remnant low pressure system about north of Limón and later dissipates east of the

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. November 22 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Subtropical Storm Delta forms about southwest of the Azores. Ts delta 112405

November 23 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Subtropical Storm Delta gains tropical characteristics and becomes Tropical Storm Delta over the central Atlantic. November 24 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Delta reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . November 28 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Delta becomes extratropical about west-northwest of the

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and subsequently dissipates over northwestern

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. November 29 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Epsilon forms east of Bermuda. November 30 * The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends.

December

December 2 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Epsilon intensifies to hurricane strength about east-northeast of Bermuda. December 5 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Epsilon reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of over the eastern Atlantic. December 7 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Epsilon weakens into a tropical storm about southwest of the Azores. December 8 * 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Epsilon weakens into a tropical depression. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Epsilon degenerates to a remnant low and later dissipates. December 30 * 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, December 29)Tropical Depression Thirty forms over the eastern Atlantic. * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Thirty strengthens into Tropical Storm Zeta.

January 2006

January 1 * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Zeta attains its peak intensity with sustained winds of and a barometric pressure of about northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. January 6 * 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Zeta weakens into a tropical depression. * 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Zeta degenerates into a remnant low which subsequently dissipates southeast of Bermuda, bringing the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season to a close.

Notes

References

External links

2005 Tropical Cyclone Advisory Archive

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