1905 Atlantic hurricane season

1905 Atlantic hurricane season
First storm formed September 6, 1905
Last storm dissipated October 13, 1905
Strongest storm 4 – 105 knots (120 mph)
Total storms 5
Major storms (Cat. 3+) 1
Total damage Unknown
Total fatalities 2
Atlantic hurricane seasons
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907

The 1905 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and early fall of 1905. The season was inactive. Of the five tropical storms that formed, only one became a hurricane. That one hurricane achieved major hurricane strength before spinning out to sea.

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Storms

Tropical Storm One

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 6 – September 8
Intensity 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min),  Unknown

The first storm of the season, already at tropical storm intensity, was identified on September 6 to the east of Grenada.[1] A small storm, it quickly passed through the southern Lesser Antilles on the morning of September 7.[2] The next day, the storm weakened to a tropical depression[1] before dissipating as a shallow but large depression. A schooner sailing from Bridgetown to Suriname encountered heavy seas just a day out of port and turned back. It was thrown onto the pierhead and wrecked. The captain and a crewman were swept overboard and drowned.[2]

Tropical Storm Two

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 11 – September 16
Intensity 60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min),  Unknown

During the reanalysis of the Atlantic hurricane database, a tropical storm was found to have formed on September 11 to the northeast of the Windward Islands. Steadily tracking towards the west-northwest, the storm gradually intensified, reaching its peak intensity with winds estimated at 60 mph (95 km/h) on September 13. After turning towards the northwest, the system slowed and began to weaken. By September 16, the storm weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated shortly after.[1]

Tropical Storm Three

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 24 – September 30
Intensity 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min),  Unknown

September saw a third storm form in the northwest Caribbean, hitting the Yucatán Peninsula, and making landfall on the southern coast of Louisiana in the last week of the month.

Hurricane Four

Category 3 hurricane (SSHS)
Duration October 1 – October 13
Intensity 120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min),  945 mbar (hPa)

A tropical storm formed in the southwest Caribbean Sea and hit Haiti in early October. The storm went out to sea, reaching major hurricane strength east of Bermuda. That island experienced an entire day of gale force winds with gusts reaching hurricane force, but damage was apparently minimal. The steamer Campania was reported to have been struck by a large rogue wave but the extent of the damage was not explicitly mentioned, though the wave was described as "disastrous."

Tropical Storm Five

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration October 5 – October 11
Intensity 50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min),  Unknown

The final storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico and hit Louisiana on October 9. Winds by that time had weakened to just 45 mph and most of those winds were vented over empty marsh. The remnants of this storm did bring heavy rains to the eastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Atlantic Best Tracks, 1851 to 2007". National Hurricane Center. 2008. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/tracks1851to2007-apr08.txt. Retrieved 2009-03-08. 
  2. ^ a b Cleveland Abbe and Frank Owen Stettson (1906). "Monthly Weather Review for 1905" (PDF). National Weather Service. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1905.pdf. Retrieved March 9, 2009. 

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