Hurricane Beta (2005)
Hurricane Beta reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between October 26, 2005 and October 31, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Beta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 26, 2005 to October 31, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 962 mb (28.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 120 kt (138 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- AL272005
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States
The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 12:00 | Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 103 km away | 12.9N 83.5W | 90 kt (104 mph) | 970 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 10.4N 80.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 10.7N 81.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 11.0N 81.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 11.3N 81.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 11.6N 81.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 11.9N 81.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 12.3N 81.1W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 12.8N 81.0W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 13.2N 81.1W | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 13.4N 81.2W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 13.6N 81.4W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 13.7N 81.6W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 13.7N 82.1W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 13.6N 82.6W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 13.3N 83.1W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 30, 12:00 landfall | 12.9N 83.5W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 12.7N 84.1W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 12.7N 84.9W | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2005
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $12 million
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $320 million
- Hurricane DennisNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 42 deaths · $2.5 billion
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 6 deaths
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 6 deaths
- Hurricane KatrinaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 520 deaths · $125 billion
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $70 million
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane RitaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 7 deaths · $12 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane StanNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 80 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm TammyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · $25 million
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane VinceNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane WilmaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 23 deaths · $21 billion
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 28 deaths
- Tropical Storm GammaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 37 deaths
- Tropical Storm DeltaNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane EpsilonNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm ZetaNorth Atlantic · 2005
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.