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
| Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale | ||||||
| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
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 | |
| Ian | 2022 | 140 | 260 | 160 |
| Lee | 2023 | 145 | 265 | 165 |
| Milton | 2024 | 145 | 285 | 180 |
List Of Category 5 Atlantic Hurricanes Media
Hurricane Erin as a Category 5 hurricane on August 16, 2025
An October Category 5 hurricane that hit Cuba, Florida, and The Bahamas in 1924. It was the first hurricane to be officially recognized as a Category 5 on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
A collage of all Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes since 1980
Hurricane Michael as it was making landfall as a Category 5 hurricane in 2018
