The 2005 season

Cyclone Ingrid (2005)

Cyclone Ingrid reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between March 4, 2005 and March 17, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 904 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Ingrid, 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
South Pacific
Dates
March 4, 2005 to March 17, 2005
Peak strength
Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
Lowest pressure
904 mb (26.70 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
46.6
Identifier
SH222005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 4, 00:0011.1S 140.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 4, 06:0011.5S 141.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 4, 12:0011.7S 141.9E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 4, 18:0011.6S 143.0E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 00:0011.5S 144.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 06:0011.9S 145.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 5, 12:0012.1S 146.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 5, 18:0012.4S 147.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 6, 00:0012.7S 147.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 6, 06:0013.1S 148.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 6, 12:0013.6S 148.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 6, 18:0013.8S 148.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 00:0014.1S 148.8E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 06:0014.2S 148.6E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 12:0014.1S 148.2E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 18:0014.0S 147.8E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 8, 00:0013.9S 147.4E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 8, 06:0013.9S 146.9E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 8, 12:0013.9S 146.5E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 8, 18:0013.7S 146.1E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Mar 9, 00:0013.6S 145.5E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Mar 9, 06:0013.4S 144.9E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Mar 9, 12:0013.3S 144.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 9, 18:0013.3S 143.6E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 10, 00:0013.3S 142.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 10, 06:0013.4S 141.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 10, 12:0013.3S 141.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 10, 18:0013.0S 140.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 11, 00:0012.6S 139.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 06:0012.3S 138.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 12:0012.2S 137.8E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 11, 18:0012.0S 136.8E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 12, 00:0011.7S 135.8E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Mar 12, 06:0011.5S 134.8E135 kt904 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 12, 12:0011.3S 133.8E135 kt904 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 12, 18:0011.3S 132.8E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 13, 00:0011.2S 131.9E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 13, 06:0011.1S 131.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 13, 12:0011.1S 130.7E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 13, 18:0011.4S 130.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 14, 00:0011.6S 129.8E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 14, 06:0011.7S 129.2E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 14, 12:0012.0S 128.7E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Mar 14, 18:0012.4S 128.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Mar 15, 00:0012.8S 127.9E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Mar 15, 06:0013.3S 127.5E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Mar 15, 12:0013.8S 127.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Mar 15, 18:0014.2S 126.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 00:0014.5S 126.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 06:0014.9S 126.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 12:0015.2S 127.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 16, 18:0015.9S 127.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 00:0016.5S 128.3E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 17, 06:0017.5S 129.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon

Other South Pacific 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.