Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 6–23, 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 Ophelia (2005) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. It formed on September 6, 2005, 51 mi S of Lucaya, Bahamas, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 976 mb on September 11, 2005, and made landfall 23 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas on September 6, 2005 as a tropical depression (29 mph). The storm lasted 16.8 days and travelled about 5,372 miles (8,644 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2005 · 16:00 UTC | 23 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas | TD 29 mph | 1010 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Bay, Florida | 72 mi | Sep 8 · 12:00 UTC | TS 63 mph |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 34 mi | Sep 14 · 18:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 mph |
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 28 mi | Sep 18 · 04:00 UTC | TS 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 25.8°N 78.6°W | 51 mi S of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.3°N 78.3°W | 28 mi SE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 6 16:00 | TD LANDFALL | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.6°N 78.3°W | 23 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.8°N 78.3°W | 29 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 27.4°N 78.5°W | 61 mi N of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 27.9°N 78.8°W | 85 mi N of West End, Bahamas |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 28.7°N 79.2°W | 90 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 28.8°N 79.3°W | 86 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 994 mb | 28.8°N 79.3°W | 86 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 28.7°N 79.6°W | 67 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 28.6°N 79.6°W | 64 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 28.6°N 79.5°W | 70 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 28.6°N 79.3°W | 88 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 28.9°N 79.3°W | 89 mi ENE of Cocoa Beach, Florida |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 983 mb | 29.3°N 79.1°W | 111 mi ENE of Edgewater, Florida |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 983 mb | 29.8°N 78.5°W | 157 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 983 mb | 30.2°N 77.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 984 mb | 30.9°N 76.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 976 mb | 31.5°N 76.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 977 mb | 31.7°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 977 mb | 31.8°N 75.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 31.7°N 75.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 978 mb | 31.6°N 75.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 978 mb | 31.4°N 75.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 980 mb | 31.2°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 985 mb | 31.2°N 76.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 31.5°N 76.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 31.7°N 77.3°W | 168 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 31.8°N 77.7°W | 144 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 31.9°N 77.9°W | 130 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 32.1°N 78.0°W | 119 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 32.3°N 78.1°W | 108 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 985 mb | 32.6°N 78.1°W | 88 mi SSE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 32.9°N 78.0°W | 75 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 33.4°N 77.7°W | 59 mi SSE of Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 33.9°N 77.5°W | 28 mi SE of Masonboro, North Carolina |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 34.2°N 76.9°W | 43 mi SE of Piney Green, North Carolina |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 34.5°N 76.3°W | 43 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 34.7°N 75.8°W | 64 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 34.7°N 75.6°W | 75 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 34.6°N 75.1°W | 104 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 34.7°N 74.8°W | 120 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 35.4°N 74.4°W | 121 mi ESE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 36.4°N 73.6°W | 136 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 37.3°N 72.7°W | 154 mi ESE of Ocean Pines, Maryland |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 38.7°N 71.4°W | 161 mi SSE of Hampton Bays, New York |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 40.0°N 69.7°W | 118 mi SSE of Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 41.6°N 67.3°W | 143 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 996 mb | 43.2°N 64.9°W | 119 mi SW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 44.8°N 62.6°W | 49 mi ENE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 46.2°N 59.9°W | near Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 999 mb | 47.4°N 56.2°W | 109 mi SSW of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 48.4°N 52.3°W | 61 mi NNE of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 49.0°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 49.5°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 999 mb | 50.0°N 42.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 998 mb | 50.9°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 51.5°N 34.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 52.2°N 30.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 52.8°N 26.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 998 mb | 53.8°N 22.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 998 mb | 55.3°N 17.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 998 mb | 57.6°N 14.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 996 mb | 59.8°N 11.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 993 mb | 61.7°N 8.4°W | 57 mi WSW of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 993 mb | 63.6°N 4.5°W | 131 mi NNE of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 994 mb | 65.6°N 1.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 995 mb | 67.5°N 1.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 997 mb | 68.8°N 6.6°E | open ocean |
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Questions
Ophelia made landfall once: 23 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas on September 6, 2005 at 16:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 29 mph winds.
At its peak on September 11, 2005, Ophelia was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 976 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.
16.8 days, from September 6, 2005 to September 23, 2005, including 96 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 5,372 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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