The 2005 season

Hurricane Vince (2005)

Hurricane Vince reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 8, 2005 and October 11, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Vince, 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
October 8, 2005 to October 11, 2005
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
988 mb (29.18 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
70 nmi (130 km, 81 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
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
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
AL242005

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.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Oct 11, 09:00Cartaya, Andalusia, Spain, 10 km away37.2N 7.1W30 kt (35 mph)1002 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 8, 06:0032.9N 20.6W40 kt1001 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0033.0N 20.3W45 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0033.1N 20.1W45 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0033.2N 20.0W45 kt999 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0033.4N 19.6W50 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0033.8N 19.3W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0034.1N 18.9W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Oct 10, 00:0034.3N 18.3W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0034.5N 17.2W50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0034.7N 15.3W45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0035.4N 12.8W35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0036.1N 10.5W30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 06:0036.7N 8.3W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 09:00 landfall37.2N 7.1W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 12:0037.7N 6.0W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression

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.