Irene was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 167 km/h (90 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 970 hPa. Tracking across the Gulf of Mexicoin the North Atlantic basin (, it potentially affected the US Gulf Coast, Mexico and Cuba. The storm traveled from approximately 12.9°-70.2° to 43.3°-33.5°, crossing a range of 30 latitude and 37 longitude.