List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

A Category 5 hurricane is a hurricane with winds over 156 mph. This is a list of the Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. There are no records of a Category 5 hurricane before 1900; equipment was not as good before that. The season with the most Category 5 hurricanes was in 2005, which had four. The most consecutive years with at least one Category 5 hurricane were 2016 to 2019.

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 four of them have not had their name retired, the four names are: Carol (1953) although Carol was retired after 1954, Edith (1971), Emily (2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005), and Lorenzo (2019).

Category 5 hurricanes

 
Tracks of all known Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
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This is the list. It is ordered by the 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
"Camagüey" 1932 150 280 175
"Cuba-Brownsville" 1933 140 260 160
"Tampico" 1933 140 260 160
"Labor Day" 1935 160 295 185
"New England" 1938 140 260 160
1940s
"Great Atlantic" 1944 140 260 160
1950s
Carol 1953 150 280 175
Janet 1955 150 280 175
1960s
Esther 1961 140 260 160
Hattie 1961 140 260 160
Inez 1966 145 270 165
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
2010s
Matthew 2016 145 265 165
Irma 2017 155 285 180
Maria 150 280 175
Michael 2018 140 260 160
Dorian 2019 160 295 185
Lorenzo 140 260 160

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