page_title: Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline of events / November
caption_attribution_description: English: Category 2 Hurricane Ida crossing into the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatan Channel on November 8, 2009
context_page_description: The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was below-average Atlantic hurricane season with nine named storms, the fewest since the 1997 season. The season officially began on June 1, 2009, and ended on November 30, 2009, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The first storm to form was Tropical Depression One on May 28, 2009, while the last storm, Hurricane Ida, dissipated on November 11.
  Of the year's nine named storms, three became hurricanes with two intensifying further into major hurricanes. The inactivity throughout the basin was linked to the formation of an El Niño, which increased wind shear. The two most significant storms of the season, in terms of loss of life and damage, were Hurricanes Bill and Ida. Hurricane Bill was an unusually large storm and was also the season's strongest, attaining winds of 135 mph. Tropical Storm Claudette was the only storm during 2009 to make landfall in the United States; Hurricane Ida became extratropical shortly before coming ashore in Alabama.
context_section_description: November 4
  12:00 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eleven forms over the southwestern Caribbean Sea near San Andres Island.
  6:00 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eleven intensifies into Tropical Storm Ida.
  November 5
  12:00 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ida strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it passes near the Corn Islands with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).
  6:00 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Ida makes landfall near Rio Grande, Nicaragua with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).
  12:00 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Ida weakens into a tropical storm over the high terrain of Nicaragua.
  November 6
  12:00 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ida further weakens to a tropical depression as it nears Honduras.
  November 7
  12:00 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Tropical Depression Ida restrengthens into a tropical storm after moving over the warm waters of the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
  6:00 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC on November 8) – Tropical Storm Ida regains hurricane status.
  November 8
  6:00 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Ida intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane.
  12:00 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Ida attains its minimum pressure of 975 mbar (hPa; 28.79 inHg).
  6:00 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC on November 9) – Hurricane Ida attains its peak winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) over the Yucatán Channel.
  November 9
  12:00 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Ida weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
  6:00 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Ida quickly weakens to a tropical storm.
  12:00 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ida regains hurricane status for a third time.
  3:00 p.m. CDT (2100 UTC) – Hurricane Ida attains its secondary peak intensity with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h).
  6:00 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC) – Hurricane Ida weakens to a tropical storm as it nears the United States Gulf Coast.
  November 10
  3:00 a.m. CDT (0900 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ida transitions into an extratropical cyclone just before moving inland over southern Alabama.
  November 30
  The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends.
caption: Hurricane Ida over the Yucatán Channel near peak intensity on November 8
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