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NHC AL032005 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Cindy (2005)

July 3, 2005 – July 11, 2005

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Cindy peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 154 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Cindy in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Cindy from July 3, 2005 to July 11, 2005; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 6 at 75 mph (Category 1), 10 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 154 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (78) and Mississippi (48). The strongest pass was 72 mph (tropical storm) 10 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Bay St Louis, MS, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
154
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Cindy passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (78)

and 18 more

Mississippi (48)

Alabama (28)

Other storms of the 2005 season

  • ArleneTropical storm · 61 cities
  • DennisCategory 4 · 101 cities
  • KatrinaCategory 5 · 384 cities
  • OpheliaCategory 1 · 81 cities
  • RitaCategory 5 · 179 cities
  • TammyTropical storm · 234 cities
  • Twenty-TwoTropical storm · 32 cities
  • WilmaCategory 5 · 97 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.