The 1905 season

Unnamed hurricane (1905)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between October 1, 1905 and October 13, 1905, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1905 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
October 1, 1905 to October 13, 1905
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
945 mb (27.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 10 km (6 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.1
Identifier
AL041905

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 1, 06:0011.0N 79.2W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 1, 12:0011.0N 79.0W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 1, 18:0011.1N 78.8W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 2, 00:0011.3N 78.7W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 2, 06:0011.5N 78.6W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 2, 12:0011.7N 78.5W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 2, 18:0011.9N 78.3W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 3, 00:0012.1N 78.2W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0012.4N 78.1W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0012.7N 78.0W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0013.2N 77.9W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0013.7N 77.8W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0014.1N 77.7W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0014.5N 77.5W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0015.2N 77.0W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0015.8N 76.5W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0016.3N 76.0W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0017.0N 75.5W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0018.1N 74.8W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0019.2N 74.2W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0020.2N 73.6W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0021.0N 73.0W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0022.1N 72.3W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0023.2N 71.7W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0024.3N 71.1W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0025.3N 70.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0026.4N 69.6W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0027.3N 68.6W65 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 06:0028.1N 67.6W70 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 12:0029.0N 66.5W75 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 18:0030.1N 65.0W85 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 00:0030.8N 63.7W95 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 06:0031.7N 62.1W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 12:0032.3N 60.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 18:0032.9N 57.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 00:0033.3N 54.8W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 06:0034.0N 52.2W100 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 12:0035.0N 50.0W95 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 18:0036.3N 48.6W90 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 00:0037.9N 47.9W85 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 06:0039.6N 47.1W80 ktExtratropical
Oct 11, 12:0041.0N 46.0W80 ktExtratropical
Oct 11, 18:0042.9N 44.8W80 kt945 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 00:0045.2N 45.0W75 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 06:0047.0N 46.0W70 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 12:0049.0N 47.5W65 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 18:0050.1N 48.4W55 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 00:0051.0N 49.2W45 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 06:0052.1N 50.1W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 12:0053.0N 51.0W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 18:0054.0N 52.1W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1905

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.