hurricane matthew was in category 3 when he hit florida.
hurricane matthew was in category 3 when he hit florida.
what category was hurricane matthew when he hit florida?
category 3
slowly rounding the ridge, matthew fluctuated in intensity within the category 4 range from october 1–5. intensification resumed again late on october 3 and culminated when matthew made landfall near les anglais, haiti, around 11:00 utc on october 4 with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a pressure of , making it the strongest to hit haiti since cleo in 1964. continuing northward, the hurricane struck maisí in cuba early on october 5 as a slightly weaker storm. cuba's and haiti's mountainous terrain weakened matthew to category 3 status, as it began to accelerate northwestwards through the bahamas. restrengthening occurred as matthew's circulation became better organized, with the storm becoming a category 4 hurricane again while passing freeport. however, matthew began to weaken again as an eyewall replacement cycle took place. the storm significantly weakened while closely paralleling the coasts of florida and georgia, the western portion of the outer eyewall came ashore in florida as a category 3 hurricane, while the inner eyewall remained just offshore. matthew weakened to a category 2 hurricane late on october 7 and then to a category 1 hurricane by 12:00 utc on october 8.
hurricane matthew
bullet::::- 18:00 utc (2:00 p.m. edt) at  – hurricane matthew rapidly intensifies into a category 4 hurricane about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of aruba.









































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october 1









































bullet::::- 00:00 utc (8:00 p.m. edt, september 30) at  – hurricane matthew rapidly intensifies into a category 5 hurricane and simultaneously attains peak winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) about 135 miles (215 km) west-northwest of aruba.









































bullet::::- 12:00 utc (8:00 a.m. edt) at  – hurricane matthew weakens to a category 4 hurricane about 400 miles (645 km) southeast of kingston, jamaica.









































october 4









































bullet::::- 00:00 utc (8:00 p.m. edt, october 3) at  – hurricane matthew attains a minimum barometric pressure of 934 mbar (hpa; 27.58 inhg) about 175 miles (280 km) southeast of kingston, jamaica.
timeline of the 2016 atlantic hurricane season