The last major hurricane of the season formed from a tropical depression located 215 miles southeast of Grand Cayman on October 15th. Over the next few days, this system slowly strengthened into Tropical Storm Wilma while moving erratically southward.

By the 18th, Wilma began a west-northwestward track and strengthened into a hurricane. Explosive intensification took place over the next 24 hours, and by the 19th, we had another category 5 storm on our hands.

Central pressure dropped to 882 mb in the eye of Wilma, now centered 365 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Yet another record was set for the 2005 Hurricane Season, with Wilma now holding the title of lowest pressure recorded for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin.

After a slight weakening, the storm continued on a path that would take it toward the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. By the 21st, Wilma's eye slammed the Cozumel. Crawling at a snail's pace, Wilma battered the region for up to 48 hours with category 4 intensity.

On the 22nd, the storm made a second landfall on the mainland.

By the 23rd, Wilma was back over the Gulf, at category 2 strength, and was making her turn toward Florida.

A swift flow aloft caught up with the storm and accelerated it toward the Sunshine State. Just prior to making a landfall, Wilma strengthened to category 3. The eye moved onshore near Cape Romano on October 24th.

It took just 5 hours for Wilma to cross Florida, but that was too long for the residents that endured the relentless winds.

Wilma left land just north of Palm Beach as a category 2, and once again regained strength over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream.

By the 25th, Wilma had traversed the entire Atlantic, and was located just 200 miles south-southeast of Nova Scotia.

The storm was blamed for over 2 dozen deaths from Haiti to Jamaica, and Mexico to Florida. Cuba saw major flooding from Wilma.