The 2005 season

Tropical Storm Franklin (2005)

Tropical Storm Franklin peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between July 21, 2005 and July 31, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Franklin, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
July 21, 2005 to July 31, 2005
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 144 km (89 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
75 kt (86 mph)
Fastest the center moved
24 kt (28 mph)
Identifier
AL062005

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.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 21, 18:0025.0N 75.0W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 22, 00:0025.7N 75.9W40 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0026.2N 76.4W40 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0026.6N 76.8W45 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0027.4N 76.7W45 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0028.1N 76.6W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0028.7N 76.1W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0029.2N 75.4W60 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0029.7N 74.7W60 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0030.1N 73.5W55 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0030.3N 72.6W55 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0030.7N 71.9W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0031.1N 71.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0031.1N 71.2W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0031.0N 70.5W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0030.9N 69.8W40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0030.9N 69.6W40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0030.9N 68.6W35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0031.2N 68.2W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0031.7N 68.1W35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0032.2N 68.3W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0032.4N 68.5W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0032.8N 68.8W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0033.2N 69.1W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0033.6N 69.3W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0034.2N 69.4W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0035.0N 69.3W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0036.0N 69.1W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0037.1N 68.0W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0038.4N 66.6W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0039.6N 64.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0040.8N 62.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0042.2N 60.2W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0043.5N 57.5W50 kt1001 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 06:0044.7N 54.6W45 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 12:0045.8N 51.7W40 kt1005 mbExtratropical
Jul 30, 18:0046.4N 48.8W40 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 00:0047.5N 46.0W40 kt1006 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.