Cyclone Percy (2005)
Cyclone Percy reached Category 5 in the South Pacific between February 23, 2005 and March 5, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 898 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Percy, 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 23, 2005 to March 5, 2005
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 898 mb (26.52 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 374 km (232 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 34.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 187 nmi (346 km, 215 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 170 kt (196 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 29 kt (33 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202005
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 8.5S 172.8E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 8.2S 173.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 7.9S 175.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 7.7S 176.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 7.6S 177.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 7.7S 178.7E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 7.9S 179.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 7.9S 179.5W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 8.4S 178.5W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 8.7S 177.4W | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 8.9S 176.3W | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 9.0S 175.0W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 9.4S 173.8W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 9.8S 172.7W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 10.2S 171.5W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 10.5S 170.7W | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 10.7S 169.9W | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 10.8S 168.8W | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 10.9S 167.8W | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 11.0S 166.8W | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 11.4S 166.0W | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 11.8S 165.4W | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 12.1S 165.1W | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 12.5S 165.0W | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 13.1S 165.0W | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 13.6S 165.0W | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 14.1S 165.0W | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 14.9S 165.0W | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 15.6S 165.2W | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 16.4S 165.3W | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 17.4S 165.2W | 140 kt | 898 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 18.5S 165.1W | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 19.6S 164.8W | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 20.5S 164.2W | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 21.5S 163.7W | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 22.6S 163.0W | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 23.4S 161.9W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 24.0S 160.6W | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 24.5S 158.9W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 25.0S 156.6W | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 25.6S 153.7W | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 26.6S 209.9E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 26.2S 212.0E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
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- Tropical Storm LolaSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone MeenaSouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm HarveySouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone OlafSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone NancySouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm RaeSouth Pacific · 2005
- Cyclone IngridSouth Pacific · 2005
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2005
- Tropical Storm SheilaSouth 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.