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Hurricane Emily 2005

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · July 11 to July 21, 2005

Emily's 125 mph landfall in Tamaulipas on July 20, 2005 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 26 storms with a landfall record there. It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. It has landfall records in 3 different places: Grenada, Quintana Roo and Tamaulipas.

Track of Emily (2005) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WGrenada, 85 mphQuintana Roo, 130 mphTamaulipas, 125 mphPeak 160 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Emily (2005) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Jul 12Jul 14Jul 16Jul 18Jul 20mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 935 miles east-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 675 miles east-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  3. Hurricane 110 miles east-southeast of Saint George's, Grenada
  4. Landfall Grenada: Category 1, 85 mph, 989 mb
  5. Major hurricane 145 miles north-northwest of La Asunción, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
  6. Peak 125 miles southwest of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica; lowest pressure 929 mb
  7. Landfall Quintana Roo: Category 4, 130 mph, 955 mb
  8. Landfall Tamaulipas
  9. Last record (tropical depression) 30 miles south-southwest of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 28th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure929 mb · tied 53rd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy32.9 · 75th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone10.5 days · tied 216th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2005 season

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Storm 5 of 31 in 2005, hurricane 3 of 15; it formed after Dennis and before Franklin. Emily produced 13% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks fourth by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico4 mi105 mphJuly 20
Saint George's, Grenada5 mi85 mphJuly 14
Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico9 mi105 mphJuly 18
Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico10 mi60 mphJuly 20
Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico13 mi45 mphJuly 21
Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico18 mi100 mphJuly 18
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico24 mi130 mphJuly 18
Motul, Yucatán, Mexico24 mi75 mphJuly 18

Every storm within 50 miles of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Quintana Roo

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Quintana Roo came closest to Emily's 130 mph:

All 31 storms with a landfall record in Quintana Roo

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 16 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: