Didn't realize how many records broke in 2005

[SouthFloridawx]

Records set in the Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2005
Records set in the Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2005
Seasonal records set in 2005

Most tropical storms: 27. Old record: 21 in 1933.

Most hurricanes: 15. Old record: 12 in 1969.

Most Category 5 hurricanes: 3 (Katrina, Rita, Wilma. Emily may be classified as a Category 5 upon re-analysis.) Old record: 2 in 1960 and 1961.

Most hurricane names to be retired: 6 (Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, Stan, Wilma, and possibly others). Previous record: 4 in 1955, 1995, and 2004.

Most major hurricanes to hit the U.S.: 4 (Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Wilma). Previous record: 3 in 1893, 1909, 1933, and 1954.

Most damage ever recorded in a hurricane season: $150 billion. Previous record: approximately $50 billion dollars (normalized to 2005 dollars) set in 1992 and 2004.

Highest Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index: 245. Previous record: 243 (1950). Average for a season is 93.

Latest end to a hurricane season: January 6 Previous record: January 5, for the 1954-55 hurricane season.
Notable near records for the season


Second highest number of tropical storms to hit U.S.: 7 (The record was 8 in 1916 and 2004). Note that Hurricane Ophelia is not considered a U.S. strike, although it did bring hurricane conditions to the North Carolina coast.

Second highest number of hurricanes to kill 1000+ people: 2 (Katrina and Stan). All time record: 3 (1780).

Second highest number of named storm days: 126.5. All time record: 136 (1933).

Second most major hurricanes: 7 (Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Maria, Rita, Wilma, Beta). One behind record of 8 set in 1950.

Single storm records


Strongest Atlantic hurricane ever: Wilma, 882 mb central pressure. Old record: Hurricane Gilbert (1988), 888 mb.

Fastest intensification ever by an Atlantic hurricane: Wilma. Wilma's pressure dropped 97 millibars in 24 hours Previous record: Gilbert (1988) dropped 72 mb in 24 hours. Wilma's pressure fell 54 mb over six hours, beating Hurricane Beulah's drop of 38 mb in six hours in 1967. Wilma's 12 hour pressure fall of 83 mb beat the old 12 hour pressure fall record of 48 mb set by Hurricane Allen in 1980.

Most damaging hurricane ever: Katrina, $100 billion plus. Old record: Hurricane Andrew (1992), $50 billion in 2005 dollars.

Greatest storm surge from an Atlantic hurricane: Katrina, 28-30 feet. Old record: Hurricane Camille (1969), 24.6 feet.

Dennis became the most intense hurricane on record before August when a central pressure of 930 mb was recorded.

Emily eclipsed the record previously set by Dennis for lowest pressure recorded for a hurricane before August when its central pressure reached 929 mb.

Vince was the furthest north and east that a storm has ever developed in the Atlantic basin.

Vince was the first tropical cyclone in recorded history to strike the Iberian Peninsula.

Delta became extratropical shortly before hit the Canary Islands, but was the first tropical cyclone on record to affect the islands.

Wilma had the smallest eye diameter ever measured in a hurricane, two nautical miles.
Monthly records

June


Two named storms formed (Arlene and Bret). Only 1957, 1959, 1968, and 1986 had two or more named storms form during the month of June.
July


Five named storms formed (Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, and Gert). This is the most on record for July.

Two major hurricanes formed (Dennis and Emily). This is the most on record.

25.25 named storm days occurred. This is the most on record.

10.75 hurricane days occurred. This is the most on record.

5.75 intense hurricane days occurred. This is the most on record.
August


Five named storms formed (Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina and Lee). Only 1990, 1995 and 2004 had more than five named storms form during the month of August.
September


Five hurricanes formed (Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe and Rita). This ties 1955, 1969, 1981, 1998 and 2000 for the most hurricanes to form during the month of September.
October


Six named storms formed (Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma, Alpha and Beta). This ties 1950 for the most named storm formations during the month of October.

Four hurricanes formed (Stan, Vince, Wilma and Beta). Only 1950 had more hurricanes develop during the month of October.

Two major hurricanes formed (Wilma and Beta). This ties 1950, 1961, 1964 and 1995 for the most intense hurricanes to form during the month of October.

Five intense hurricane days occurred. Only 1954 and 1961 recorded more intense hurricane days.
November


Three tropical storms formed in November (Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon). This breaks the record of two storms set in six years, most recently in 2001.
December


Epsilon was a hurricane for 5.25 days, making it the longest lived December hurricane on record. The previous record was just over four days, set by an unnamed 1887 hurricane.
January


Tropical Storm Zeta was the longest-lived January storm on record (six days). January 2006 had the greatest number of named storm days ever recorded in January (six).
Earliest Storm Formation records


Earliest formation of a season's 4th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 5th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 6th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 7th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 8th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 9th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 10th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 11th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 13th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 14th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 15th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 16th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 17th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 19th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 20th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 21st Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 22nd Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 23rd Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 24th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 25th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 26th Storm

Earliest formation of a season's 27th Storm

[mike815]

yup lots and lots of records broken from the 1800's

[gatorcane]

with all the records broken from over 150+ years of record keeping, I'm not so sure that these are not records but a major climatological shift.

[JonathanBelles]

again i said it in another post but is there a record for most records?