NHC AL162005 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Ophelia (2005)
September 6, 2005 – September 23, 2005
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Ophelia peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, 68 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Ophelia in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Ophelia from September 6, 2005 to September 23, 2005; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, in 3 states, most in North Carolina (62) and Florida (13). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 24 miles from Kure Beach, NC.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 81
- At hurricane strength
- 68
- States
- 3
86 mph
when closest
Cities Ophelia passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (62)
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 24 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · 27 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 31 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 35 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 35 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 38 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 39 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 40 mi
- LelandCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 44 mi
- SupplyCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 46 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 49 mi
- ShallotteCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 50 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 50 mi
- DelcoCategory 1 · 51 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 1 · 55 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 1 · 55 mi
- AshCategory 1 · 57 mi
- BoltonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- CalabashCategory 1 · 59 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 60 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 62 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Lake WaccamawCategory 1 · 65 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 67 mi
- NakinaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 70 mi
- HarrellsCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 73 mi
- WhitevilleCategory 1 · 75 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 75 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 1 · 31 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 35 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 1 · 50 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Cove CityCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 1 · 27 mi
- NewportCategory 1 · 33 mi
- HavelockCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 1 · 42 mi
- New BernCategory 1 · 58 mi
- VanceboroCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 26 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 1 · 51 mi
- OrientalCategory 1 · 43 mi
- BayboroCategory 1 · 52 mi
and 2 more
South Carolina (6)
- Little RiverCategory 1 · 62 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 62 mi
- LongsCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 1 · 74 mi
Florida (13)
- Cape CanaveralTropical storm · 63 mi
- Cocoa BeachTropical storm · 64 mi
- Indian Harbour BeachTropical storm · 68 mi
- Merritt IslandTropical storm · 68 mi
- IndialanticTropical storm · 69 mi
- Melbourne BeachTropical storm · 70 mi
- RockledgeTropical storm · 71 mi
- MelbourneTropical storm · 72 mi
- CocoaTropical storm · 73 mi
- GrantTropical storm · 73 mi
- MalabarTropical storm · 73 mi
- TitusvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- Barefoot BayTropical storm · 75 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.