Timeline of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was the second most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, and the most extreme (i.e. produced the highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE)) in the satellite era. Officially, the season began on June 1, 2005 and ended on November 30, 2005. These dates, adopted by convention, historically delimit the period in each year when most tropical systems form. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Arlene, developed on June 8. The final storm , Tropical Storm Zeta, formed in late December and persisted until January 6, 2006. Zeta is only the second December Atlantic storm in recorded history to survive into January, joining Hurricane Alice in 1955. The season's impact was widespread and catastrophic. Its storms touched virtually every part of the Atlantic basin. Altogether, there were 28 named tropical storms during the season, exhausting the annual pre-designated list and resulting in the usage of six Greek letter names. A record 15 tropical storms attained hurricane strength, of which a record seven intensified into major hurricanes. Six hurricanes made landfall or near -landfall on the U.S during the season: Cindy, Dennis, Katrina, Ophelia, Rita and Wilma. Record-breaking 2005 hurricanes included: Following the 2005 season, the names "Dennis", "Katrina", "Rita", "Stan" and "Wilma" were retired from reuse in the North Atlantic by the World Meteorological Organization. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included. The graphical bar below gives  a brief overview of storm activity during the season. Each storm's maximum intensity is represented by the color of its bar. By convention, meteorologists use one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC). In this time line, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective local time included in parentheses. Timeline. June. June 1 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 28 June 29 June 30 July. July 3 July 4 July 5 July  6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 15 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 28 July 29 August. August 2 August 3 August 4 August 7 August 8 August 10 August 11 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 August 18 August 22 August 23 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 September. September 1 September 2 September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September  8 September 9 September 10 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 30 October. October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 15 October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 29 October 30 October 31 November. November 14 November 15 November 16 November 18 November 19 November 20 November  21 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 28 November 29 November 30 December. December 2 December 5 December 7 December 8 December 30 January 2006. January 1 January 6