Cyclone Bentojana (2005)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

November 19, 2004 to December 4, 2004

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

898 mb (26.52 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 101 km (63 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

24.7

Identifier

SH042005

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

• Tropical Storm PhoebeSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone ArolaSouth Indian · 2005Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone ChamboSouth Indian · 2005Cat 3105 kt · 944 mb
• Tropical Storm RaymondSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm SallySouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm DarenSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone ErnestSouth Indian · 2005Cat 3100 kt · 944 mb
• Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm FelapiSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm GerardSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Tropical Storm VivienneSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone WillySouth Indian · 2005Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Cyclone HennieSouth Indian · 2005Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm IsangSouth Indian · 2005Tropical Storm55 kt · 982 mb
• Cyclone Adeline:JulietSouth Indian · 2005Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb

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.

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.