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Only five other Atlantic hurricanes have been recorded with wind speeds higher than Irma: Hurricane Allen of 1980, which had maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (310 km/h), and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Gilbert of 1988, Hurricane Wilma of 2005, and Hurricane Dorian of 2019, all of which had peak winds of 185 mph (298 km/h). [267]
In terms of wind speed, Allen from 1980 was the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (310 km/h). For many years, it was thought that Hurricane Camille also attained this intensity, but this conclusion was changed in 2014.
This made Irma only the second Category 5 hurricane to strike Cuba in recorded history, after the 1924 Cuba hurricane – both had identical wind speeds at landfall. [2]
The highest is Category 5, which means a storm that has a sustained wind speed of 157 mph ... The November 1932 Cuba hurricane and Hurricane Irma in 2007 spent the longest combined time at ...
Hurricane Irma's Category 5 winds whipped through the Caribbean islands at upwards of 185 mph, destroying almost everything in its path. The powerful storm stripped some islands of all vegetation ...
Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria 2017. ... Hurricane Maria later hit Puerto Rico directly as a Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of more than 150 mph, decimating the island’s already ...
The hurricane brought tropical storm conditions to Seminole County, with sustained wind speeds reaching 55 mph (89 km/h), and gusts peaking at 75 mph (121 km/h); both observations were taken at the Orlando Sanford International Airport. About 75% of businesses and homes in were left without electricity.
Only 9 had wind speeds at 180 mph (80.5 m/s; 156 kn; 290 km/h) or greater (the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Allen, Gilbert, Mitch, Rita, Wilma, Irma, Dorian, and Milton). Of the 21 hurricanes currently considered to have attained Category 5 status in the eastern Pacific, only 5 had wind speeds at 175 mph (78 m/s; 152 kn; 282 km/h) or greater ...