enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_1...

    Hurricane Oscar is the most recent Category 1 hurricane as of October 2024.. Category 1 is the lowest hurricane classification on the Saffir–Simpson scale.When a storm's wind speed is between 64 knots (74 mph; 119 km/h; 33 m/s) and 82 knots (95 mph; 153 km/h; 42 m/s), it is classified as a Category 1. [1]

  3. Category:Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Category_1...

    These Atlantic hurricanes reached Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at their peak. Pages in category "Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total.

  4. Saffir–Simpson scale - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir–Simpson_scale

    To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone must have one-minute-average maximum sustained winds at 10 m (33 ft) above the surface of at least 74 mph (64 kn, 119 km/h; Category 1). [1] The highest classification in the scale, Category 5 , consists of storms with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (137 kn, 252 km/h).

  5. Hurricane categories explained: A quick guide - AOL

    www.aol.com/hurricane-categories-explained-quick...

    Hurricane categories. Category 1: Winds 74-95 mph. Damage primarily to shrubbery, trees, poorly constructed items, and unanchored mobile homes. Category 2: Winds 96-110 mph. Some roof damage ...

  6. Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don't be fooled by a number — It ...

    www.aol.com/news/just-category-1-hurricane-dont...

    But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when it swept through the Caribbean as a Cat 5 just days earlier ...

  7. Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don't be fooled by a number — It ...

    lite.aol.com/news/science/story/0001/20240712/5f...

    The Saffir-Simpson Scale — which measures the strength of a hurricane’s winds on a scale of Category 1 to Category 5, with 5 being the strongest — was introduced to the public in 1973, the year that gas prices spiked from 39 cents to 55 cents a gallon and Tony Orlando and Dawn had the #1 hit of the year with “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round ...

  8. Top 5 states hit by hurricanes most often: See how many they ...

    www.aol.com/top-5-states-hit-hurricanes...

    The state has also never experienced a Category 5 hurricane. No. 1: Florida. The Sunshine State tops the list at No. 1, tallying 120 hurricanes (37 were Category 3 through Category 5).

  9. Lists of Category 1 tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Category_1...

    Category 1 is the first category on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The following lists show tropical cyclones that have reached that intensity in Earth's ocean basins. List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 1 Pacific hurricanes