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Hurricane Stan 2005

Category 1 hurricane · Atlantic · October 1 to October 5, 2005

Stan's 80 mph landfall in Veracruz on October 4, 2005 ranks tied for the 11th-strongest of the 41 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 80 mph, it ranked tied for the 12th-strongest of the 31 storms of the 2005 season. It produced 1% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Stan is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Stan (2005) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N95°W90°W85°WMéridaOaxacaJaltipanQuintana Roo, 40 mphVeracruz, 80 mphPeak 80 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Stan (2005) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 304080120Oct 2Oct 3Oct 4Oct 5mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 140 miles southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 55 miles east of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  3. Landfall Quintana Roo: tropical storm, 40 mph, 1003 mb
  4. Hurricane 75 miles north-northeast of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
  5. Peak 30 miles east-northeast of Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico; lowest pressure 977 mb
  6. Landfall Veracruz
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 25 miles west-southwest of Oaxaca, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind80 mph · tied 762nd of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure977 mb · tied 454th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy2.4 · tied 1203rd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone3.8 days · tied 1173rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2005 season

04080120160200Stan

Storm 20 of 31 in 2005, hurricane 11 of 15; it formed after Nineteen and before Storm 21 of 2005. 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
Oaxaca, Mexico1 mi35 mphOctober 5
Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico3 mi35 mphOctober 2
Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico13 mi70 mphOctober 4
Peto, Yucatán, Mexico13 mi40 mphOctober 2
Tekax, Yucatán, Mexico13 mi40 mphOctober 2
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico18 mi40 mphOctober 2
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico34 mi35 mphOctober 2
Jaltipan, Veracruz, Mexico39 mi70 mphOctober 4

Every storm within 50 miles of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Veracruz

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Veracruz came closest to Stan's 80 mph:

  • Franklin (2017)80 mph, August 10, 2017
  • Dolly (1996)80 mph, August 23, 1996
  • Katia (2017)75 mph, September 9, 2017
  • Lorenzo (2007)75 mph, September 28, 2007

All 41 storms with a landfall record in Veracruz

Also peaked at 80 mph

Of 151 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Lorenzo (2007)990 mb, landfall in Veracruz
  • Noel (2007)980 mb, landfall in Haiti
  • Gabrielle (2001)975 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Karen (2001)982 mb, landfall in Nova Scotia