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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]
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
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 consists of hurricane winds between 96-110 mph that are described as “extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage.” Category 3 are winds that lie somewhere between 111-129 ...
Hurricane strength is measured in categories on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. What does it all mean? We break it down from Category 1 to 5.
Rafael continues to strengthen and is now a Category 2 hurricane closing in on Cuba after lashing the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday night.
After the series of powerful storm systems of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as after Hurricane Patricia, a few newspaper columnists and scientists brought up the suggestion of introducing Category 6. They have suggested pegging Category 6 to storms with winds greater than 174 or 180 mph (78 or 80 m/s; 151 or 156 kn; 280 or 290 km/h).
As per the National Hurricane Center's 10 am Thursday update, Category 2 Hurricane Rafael is 200 miles west-northwest of Havana Cuba and 215 miles west of Key West Florida, with maximum sustained ...