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Hurricane Leslie at its peak intensity over the central North Atlantic on October 10, 2024. Within the North Atlantic Ocean, a Category 2 hurricane is a tropical cyclone, that has 1-minute sustained wind speeds of between 83–95 knots (96–109 mph; 154–176 km/h; 43–49 m/s). [1]
These Atlantic hurricanes reached Category 2 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at their peak. Pages in category "Category 2 Atlantic hurricanes" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
Category 2 is the second 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 2 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 2 Pacific hurricanes
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 ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
List of Alabama hurricanes; List of Arizona hurricanes; List of California hurricanes; List of Delaware hurricanes; List of Florida hurricanes. List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900) List of Florida hurricanes (1900–1949) List of Florida hurricanes (1950–1974) List of Florida hurricanes (1975–1999) List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present)
Hurricane Adrian at Category 2 strength on June 30, 2023. Category 2 is the fourth-highest classification on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, and categorizes tropical cyclones with 1-minute maximum sustained winds between 83 and 95 knots (96 and 109 mph; 154 and 176 km/h; 43 and 49 m/s).
Hurricane Opal, the most intense Category 4 hurricane recorded, intensified to reach a minimum pressure of 916 mbar (hPa; 27.05 inHg), [54] a pressure typical of Category 5 hurricanes. [55] Nonetheless, the pressure remains too high to list Opal as one of the ten strongest Atlantic tropical cyclones. [ 11 ]