List of Storms in The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Hurricane Epsilon

Hurricane Epsilon

Category 1 hurricane (SSHS)
Duration November 29 – December 8
Peak intensity 85 mph (140 km/h), 981 mbar (hPa)

On November 29, Tropical Storm Epsilon formed in the Central Atlantic, forming the same way Delta did when a non-tropical low pressure system well east of Bermuda acquired tropical characteristics. On December 2, the storm strengthened into a hurricane, making it the fifteenth of the season and the first storm since Hurricane Lili in 1984 to reach hurricane strength after the official end of a season.

Hurricane Epsilon strengthened further to tie for the second-strongest December hurricane on record with 85 mph winds at its peak, and it lasted longer than any other hurricane ever to form in December. However, it was eventually torn apart by shear and absorbed into an approaching front. It never made landfall or threatened land. The development and persistence of Epsilon perplexed forecasters at the National Hurricane Center throughout the lifetime of the storm.

  • The NHC's archive on Hurricane Epsilon

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