THG's 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season (THG - 100 Year Series)

The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season was an above average, nearly hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season, the third above-average season in a row since 2003 due to a weak La Nina. The 2003 season featured the most destructive storm to hit North Carolina since hurricane Hazel of 1954, as well as the first season to begin a seven-year streak of no category five hurricanes. In early May, the season's first named storm formed, Arlene, which was a minimal tropical storm that caused the season's first fatalities when a rip current killed a man in Florida. Warmer than average sea temperatures and below-average shear which is indicative of a La Nina type season allowed for an above average season to take hold, featuring 18 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes.

Most of the season's activity stayed out to sea due to a dominant trough pattern over the east coast, resulting in cool and wet conditions.