Cyclone Kerry (2005)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

January 3, 2005 to January 18, 2005

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

954 mb (28.17 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

11.4

Identifier

SH082005

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

• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Depression
• Tropical Storm JudySouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm LolaSouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone MeenaSouth Pacific · 2005Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm HarveySouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Cyclone OlafSouth Pacific · 2005Cat 5145 kt · 892 mb
• Cyclone NancySouth Pacific · 2005Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Cyclone PercySouth Pacific · 2005Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone IngridSouth Pacific · 2005Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm SheilaSouth Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 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.