Hurricane Max (2005)
Hurricane Max reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 17, 2005 and September 22, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Max, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 17, 2005 to September 22, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 700 km (435 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132005
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 5 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 0 | 0 | 5 |
What was recorded
3 lightning, 2 heavy rain.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 13.5N 107.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 13.9N 110.1W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 14.3N 111.4W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 14.7N 112.4W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 15.0N 113.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 15.2N 114.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 15.4N 115.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 16.0N 116.0W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 16.4N 116.5W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 17.2N 116.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 18.0N 117.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 18.7N 118.1W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 19.3N 118.8W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 19.9N 119.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 20.7N 119.7W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 21.2N 120.0W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 21.4N 120.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 21.7N 121.0W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 21.8N 121.3W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 21.7N 121.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 21.8N 122.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2005
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm NormaEastern Pacific · 2005
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 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.