The 2005 season

Hurricane Nate (2005)

Hurricane Nate reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 5, 2005 and September 12, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Nate, 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
September 5, 2005 to September 12, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
979 mb (28.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1006 km (625 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
400 nmi (741 km, 460 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
100 kt (115 mph)
Fastest the center moved
31 kt (36 mph)
Identifier
AL152005

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
Sep 5, 18:0028.4N 67.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 6, 00:0028.4N 66.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0028.5N 66.5W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0028.5N 66.5W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0028.6N 66.4W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0028.7N 66.3W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0028.7N 66.3W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0028.9N 66.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 7, 18:0029.3N 66.0W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 00:0029.6N 65.7W75 kt984 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 06:0030.0N 65.0W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 12:0030.5N 63.8W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 8, 18:0031.4N 62.7W75 kt982 mbHurricane
Sep 9, 00:0032.6N 61.1W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 9, 06:0033.4N 59.1W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 9, 12:0034.0N 55.8W65 kt986 mbHurricane
Sep 9, 18:0034.5N 53.4W55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0034.7N 50.8W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0034.6N 49.0W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0034.5N 45.9W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0034.9N 44.1W45 kt997 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 00:0035.2N 42.1W40 kt999 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 06:0036.0N 40.6W40 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 12:0037.4N 38.3W40 kt1001 mbExtratropical
Sep 11, 18:0039.2N 35.6W40 kt1001 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 00:0041.6N 33.3W40 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 06:0043.5N 32.0W35 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0044.0N 28.1W35 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0046.0N 25.0W35 kt1003 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.