Hurricane Otis (2005)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 28, 2005 to October 5, 2005

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

970 mb (28.64 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 10 km (6 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

6.8

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 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

200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

105 kt (121 mph)

Fastest the center moved

11 kt (13 mph)

Identifier

EP152005

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

$32,000

Crop damage

$65,000

Events recorded

6 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

• Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 170 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm60 kt · 989 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Depression25 kt · 1008 mb
• Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 175 kt · 978 mb
• Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 3110 kt · 951 mb
• Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 4115 kt · 947 mb
• Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 2005Cat 170 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm NormaEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2005Tropical Depression30 kt · 1005 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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Otis