List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

A Category 5 hurricane is a hurricane that winds get over 155 mph. This page is a list of the Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Due to older technology, there may have been Category 5 hurricanes before 1900. There are no records of a Category 5 hurricane before 1900. The season with the most Category 5 hurricanes was in 2005, which had four.

Retirement of Category 5 hurricanes

Category 5 hurricanes are very destructive and many Category 5 hurricanes get their names retired after the season. Of the named Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes only 4 of them have not had their name retired, the four names are: Cleo (1958), Ethel (1960), Edith (1971), and Emily (2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005).

Category 5 hurricanes

Tracks of all known Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

This is the list, it is ordered by year of the Category 5 hurricane.

Name	Season	Highest winds
		Knots	Kilometers per hour	Miles per hour
1920s
"Cuba"	1924	145	270	165
"Okeechobee"	1928	140	260	160
1930s
"Bahamas"	1932	140	260	160
"Labor Day"	1935	160	295	185
"New England"	1938	140	260	160
1940s
"Fort Lauderdale"	1947	140	260	160
1950s
Dog	1950	160	295	185
Easy	1951	140	260	160
Janet	1955	150	280	175
Cleo	1958	140	260	160
1960s
Donna	1960	140	260	160
Ethel		140	260	160
Carla	1961	150	280	175
Hattie		140	260	160
Beulah	1967	140	260	160
Camille	1969	165	305	190
1970s
Edith	1971	140	260	160
Anita	1977	150	280	175
David	1979	150	280	175
1980s
Allen	1980	165	305	190
Gilbert	1988	160	295	185
Hugo	1989	140	260	160
1990s
Andrew	1992	150	280	175
Mitch	1998	155	285	180
2000s
Isabel	2003	145	270	165
Ivan	2004	145	270	165
Emily	2005	140	260	160
Katrina		150	280	175
Rita		155	285	180
Wilma		160	295	185
Dean	2007	150	280	175
Felix		150	280	175

Other websites

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