NHC AL042005 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Dennis (2005)
July 4, 2005 – July 18, 2005
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Dennis peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, 62 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Dennis in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Dennis for 14 days, from July 4, 2005 to July 18, 2005. Its first position, at 12.0°N 60.8°W, records it as a tropical depression; its last, at 45.8°N 79.8°W, as a low. It reached tropical-storm strength on July 5 and hurricane and major-hurricane strength on July 7. Its peak was 150 mph (130 knots), Category 4, on July 8, and its lowest central pressure was 930 millibars on July 10. It spent about 4 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 10 at 121 mph (Category 3), 11 miles from Pensacola, FL. It has 3 more landfalls in the record farther from the cities here. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (59) and Florida (28), between July 10 and July 11. The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 67 miles from Panama City Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Atmore, AL, 1 mile away. 62 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 24 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 38% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 5th of the 9 storms of 2005 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 101
- At hurricane strength
- 62
- States
- 3
150 mph
when closest
Cities Dennis passed near, strongest first
Florida (28)
- Panama City BeachCategory 3 · 67 mi
- Inlet BeachCategory 3 · 62 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachCategory 3 · 51 mi
- DestinCategory 3 · 37 mi
- Miramar BeachCategory 3 · 41 mi
- FreeportCategory 3 · 54 mi
- Mary EstherCategory 3 · 22 mi
- Hurlburt FieldCategory 3 · 27 mi
- Fort Walton BeachCategory 3 · 28 mi
- ShalimarCategory 3 · 31 mi
- Eglin AfbCategory 3 · 32 mi
- ValparaisoCategory 3 · 36 mi
- NicevilleCategory 3 · 39 mi
- Ponce De LeonCategory 3 · 70 mi
- NavarreCategory 3 · 13 mi
- Defuniak SpringsCategory 3 · 61 mi
- PensacolaCategory 3 · 7 mi
- CrestviewCategory 3 · 40 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 3 · 8 mi
- MiltonCategory 3 · 12 mi
- PaceCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Laurel HillCategory 2 · 52 mi
- CantonmentCategory 2 · 6 mi
- BakerCategory 2 · 36 mi
- MolinoCategory 2 · 3 mi
- JayCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Mc DavidCategory 1 · 6 mi
- CenturyCategory 1 · 6 mi
Alabama (59)
- Orange BeachCategory 3 · 28 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 3 · 38 mi
- LillianCategory 3 · 19 mi
- ElbertaCategory 3 · 26 mi
- FoleyCategory 2 · 32 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 2 · 31 mi
- FloralaCategory 2 · 59 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 2 · 24 mi
- SilverhillCategory 2 · 31 mi
- FairhopeCategory 2 · 39 mi
- CodenCategory 2 · 59 mi
- KinstonCategory 2 · 74 mi
- LoxleyCategory 2 · 28 mi
- DaphneCategory 1 · 36 mi
- IrvingtonCategory 1 · 59 mi
- OppCategory 1 · 71 mi
- TheodoreCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Grand BayCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Spanish FortCategory 1 · 35 mi
- FlomatonCategory 1 · 11 mi
- AndalusiaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- MobileCategory 1 · 49 mi
- BrewtonCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Bay MinetteCategory 1 · 22 mi
- PrichardCategory 1 · 43 mi
- ChickasawCategory 1 · 42 mi
- WhistlerCategory 1 · 44 mi
- SaralandCategory 1 · 41 mi
- Eight MileCategory 1 · 45 mi
- SemmesCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Red LevelCategory 1 · 56 mi
- AtmoreCategory 1 · 1 mi
- SatsumaCategory 1 · 38 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 55 mi
- EvergreenTropical storm · 38 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 42 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 30 mi
- GeorgianaTropical storm · 54 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 43 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 13 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 20 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 67 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 28 mi
- Fort DepositTropical storm · 74 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 9 mi
- Grove HillTropical storm · 4 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 30 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 40 mi
- Pine HillTropical storm · 25 mi
- ThomasvilleTropical storm · 12 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 28 mi
- SelmaTropical storm · 67 mi
- LindenTropical storm · 24 mi
- UniontownTropical storm · 44 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 5 mi
- GallionTropical storm · 32 mi
- MarionTropical storm · 60 mi
- DemopolisTropical storm · 29 mi
- GreensboroTropical storm · 48 mi
Mississippi (14)
- Moss PointCategory 1 · 74 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 66 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 45 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 73 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 39 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 63 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 41 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 68 mi
- ShubutaTropical storm · 39 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 64 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 73 mi
- HeidelbergTropical storm · 52 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 28 mi
Other storms of the 2005 season
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.