The 2005 season

Hurricane Philippe (2005)

Hurricane Philippe reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 17, 2005 and September 24, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Philippe, 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 17, 2005 to September 24, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 733 km (455 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
85 kt (98 mph)
Fastest the center moved
25 kt (29 mph)
Identifier
AL172005

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 17, 12:0013.3N 54.5W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 17, 18:0013.5N 54.9W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0013.9N 55.1W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0014.4N 55.3W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0014.9N 55.5W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0015.6N 55.7W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0016.2N 55.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 06:0016.7N 55.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 12:0017.2N 56.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 18:0017.5N 56.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 20, 00:0017.7N 56.6W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 20, 06:0017.9N 56.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 20, 12:0018.1N 57.0W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0018.5N 57.2W55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0018.9N 57.2W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0019.4N 57.1W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0019.9N 57.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0020.8N 56.9W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0022.4N 56.7W35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0023.8N 56.8W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 12:0025.2N 57.2W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 18:0026.7N 57.6W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 00:0028.3N 58.2W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 06:0030.2N 60.1W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 23, 12:0030.5N 62.2W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Sep 23, 18:0030.2N 63.7W30 kt1003 mbLow
Sep 24, 00:0029.2N 63.8W30 kt1003 mbLow
Sep 24, 06:0028.6N 62.8W25 kt1004 mbLow

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.