Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 17–21, 2005
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Adrian (2005) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2005 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 17, 2005, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 982 mb on May 19, 2005, and made landfall near Amapala, Honduras on May 20, 2005 as a tropical depression (23 mph). The storm lasted 3.3 days and travelled about 609 miles (980 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2005 · 21:00 UTC | near Amapala, Honduras | TD 23 mph | 1007 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Salvador, El Salvador | 68 mi | May 20 · 06:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
| Soyapango, El Salvador | 70 mi | May 20 · 07:00 UTC | TS 55 mph |
| Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 49 mi | May 21 · 00:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 9.8°N 95.2°W | open ocean |
| May 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 10.1°N 94.9°W | open ocean |
| May 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 10.5°N 94.4°W | open ocean |
| May 18 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 10.7°N 93.6°W | open ocean |
| May 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 10.8°N 92.9°W | open ocean |
| May 19 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 11.0°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| May 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 11.5°N 91.8°W | 180 mi SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala |
| May 19 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 12.1°N 91.2°W | 129 mi SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala |
| May 19 17:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 12.5°N 90.7°W | 96 mi SW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| May 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 12.5°N 90.6°W | 92 mi SW of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| May 20 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 12.6°N 89.9°W | 69 mi S of Acajutla, El Salvador |
| May 20 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 12.7°N 89.2°W | 55 mi S of La Libertad, El Salvador |
| May 20 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 12.7°N 88.5°W | 40 mi S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| May 20 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 13.0°N 87.9°W | 24 mi S of La Unión, El Salvador |
| May 20 21:00 | TD LANDFALL | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 13.3°N 87.6°W | near Amapala, Honduras |
| May 21 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 13.4°N 87.4°W | near San Lorenzo, Honduras |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Adrian made landfall once: near Amapala, Honduras on May 20, 2005 at 21:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 23 mph winds.
At its peak on May 19, 2005, Adrian was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 982 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.
3.3 days, from May 17, 2005 to May 21, 2005, including 7 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 609 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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