hurricane andrew was category 5 when it made landfall.
hurricane andrew was category 5 when it made landfall.
what was hurricane andrew when it made landfall?
category 5
on september 6, irma made landfall on the islands of barbuda, saint martin, and virgin gorda at peak strength. this ties irma with cyclones monica of 2006 and winston of 2016, and typhoons zeb of 1998, megi of 2010, and yutu of 2018 as the fifth-strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall globally – in terms of sustained winds – trailing only typhoon haiyan of 2013 and typhoon meranti of 2016, which bore winds of 190 mph (305 km/h) at landfall, and the 1935 labor day hurricane and typhoon joan of 1959, which bore winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) at landfall. irma is second to the 1935 labor day hurricane as the strongest landfalling cyclone on record in the atlantic basin, and is the first hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the atlantic at category 5 status since felix in 2007. irma is the first recorded category 5 hurricane to affect the northern leeward islands, and was one of the worst storms to hit the region on record, along with hurricane donna in 1960 and hurricane luis in 1995. in addition, irma is only the second hurricane on record to make landfall in cuba at category 5 intensity, with the other being a hurricane in 1924. furthermore, when irma made landfall on barbuda, saint martin, virgin gorda, and cuba as a category 5 hurricane, it became one of only two recorded atlantic storms to make landfall in multiple nations at this strength; the other was hurricane andrew in 1992, which struck both eleuthera and the united states as a category 5 hurricane.
hurricane irma
many of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones weakened prior to their eventual landfall or demise. however, six of the storms remained intense enough at landfall to be considered some of the strongest landfalling hurricanes – six of the ten hurricanes on the list constitute six of the most intense atlantic landfalls in recorded history. the 1935 labor day hurricane made landfall at peak intensity, the most intense atlantic hurricane landfall. hurricane camille made landfall in waveland, mississippi with a pressure of 900 mbar (hpa; 26.58 inhg), making it the second most intense atlantic hurricane landfall. though it weakened slightly before its eventual landfall on the yucatán peninsula, hurricane gilbert maintained a pressure of 900 mbar (hpa; 26.58 inhg) at landfall, making its landfall the second strongest, tied with camille. similarly, hurricane dean made landfall on the peninsula, though it did so at peak intensity and with a higher barometric pressure; its landfall marked the fourth strongest in atlantic hurricane history. hurricane maria made landfall in puerto rico shortly after its peak intensity, with a pressure of 920 mbar (hpa; 27.17 inhg). in addition, despite being well past its peak intensity, hurricane katrina made landfall in buras-triumph, louisiana with a pressure of 920 mbar (hpa; 27.17 inhg), thus making it the ninth-strongest landfall, tied with maria.
list of atlantic hurricane records