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The most intense storm by lowest pressure and peak 10-minute sustained winds was Typhoon Tip, which was also the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of minimum central pressure. Storms with a minimum pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1950. [6]
However, with a barometric pressure of 895 mbar (hPa; 26.43 inHg), Rita is the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. [64] In between Rita and Katrina is Hurricane Allen. Allen's pressure was measured at 899 mbar. Hurricane Camille is the sixth strongest hurricane on record.
The Labor Day hurricane was the most intense tropical cyclone known to make landfall in the Western Hemisphere, having the lowest sea level pressure ever officially recorded on land—a central pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg)—suggesting an intensity of between 162 and 164 knots (186 and 189 mph).
Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean [15] Most intense (10-minute maximum sustained winds) 78.2 m/s (175 mph; 152.0 kn; 282 km/h) February 20, 2016: Cyclone Winston in the south Pacific Ocean [16] Most intense (lowest central pressure) 870 mb (870.0 hPa; 25.7 inHg) October 12, 1979: Typhoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Ocean [17] [18]
Near the time of landfall, the hurricane was documented as having a central pressure of 952 mbar (952 hPa; 28.1 inHg) at Tulane University. [1] At the time, this was the lowest pressure ever recorded in the United States. [4]
The hurricane center's forecast for Helene's rapid transition from unnamed storm to Cat 3 hurricane may be the fastest ever. ... drops in pressure that could put it among the lowest ever recorded ...
This is the lowest central pressure on record for any Atlantic hurricane, [2] breaking the previous record of 888 mbar (26.2 inHg) set by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. [4] Wilma's intensification rate broke all records in the basin, with a 24–hour pressure drop of 97 mbar (2.9 inHg); this also broke the record set by Gilbert.
Camille produced the sixth lowest official sea level pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, at 900 millibars (27 inHg). [8] This was also its landfalling pressure; the only hurricane to hit the United States with a lower pressure at landfall was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.