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Hurricane Stats Section Last Updated June 22nd, 2009 |
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Top 10 Lowest Barometric Pressures
Recorded In Atlantic Hurricanes |
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Rank |
Hurricane Name |
Year |
Category |
Pressure |
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1 |
Hurricane Wilma |
2005 |
5 |
882 mb |
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2 |
Hurricane Gilbert |
1988 |
5 |
888 mb |
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3 |
Florida Keys (Labor
Day) |
1935 |
5 |
892 mb |
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4 |
Hurricane Rita |
2005 |
5 |
895 mb |
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5 |
Hurricane Allen |
1980 |
5 |
899 mb |
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6 |
Hurricane Katrina |
2005 |
5 |
902 mb |
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7 |
Hurricane Camille |
1969 |
5 |
905 mb |
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8 |
Hurricane Mitch |
1998 |
5 |
905 mb |
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9 |
Hurricane Ivan |
2004 |
5 |
910 mb |
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10 |
Hurricane Janet |
1955 |
5 |
914 mb |
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Top 10 Most Intense
Hurricanes At Landfall (U.S.A) |
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Rank |
Hurricane Name |
Year |
Category |
Pressure |
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1 |
Florida Keys (Labor
Day) |
1935 |
5 |
892 mb |
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2 |
Hurricane Camille |
1969 |
5 |
909 mb |
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3 |
Hurricane Katrina |
2005 |
3 |
920 mb |
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4 |
Hurricane Andrew |
1992 |
5 |
922 mb |
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5 |
Texas (Indianola) |
1886 |
4 |
925 mb |
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6 |
Florida Keys |
1919 |
4 |
927 mb |
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7 |
FL (Lake Okeechobee) |
1928 |
4 |
929 mb |
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8 |
Hurricane Donna |
1960 |
4 |
930 mb |
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9 |
Unnamed (New Orleans
LA) |
1915 |
4 |
931 mb |
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10 |
Hurricane Carla |
1961 |
4 |
931 mb |
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Top
10 Deadliest
Hurricanes (Atlantic) |
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Rank |
Hurricane
Name |
Year |
Category |
Deaths |
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1 |
Texas (Galveston) |
1900 |
4 |
8000 |
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2 |
FL (Lake Okeechobee) |
1928 |
4 |
1836 |
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3 |
Hurricane Katrina |
2005 |
3 |
1500 |
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4 |
Florida Keys |
1919 |
4 |
600 |
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5 |
New
England |
1938 |
3 |
600 |
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6 |
Florida Keys (Labor Day) |
1935 |
5 |
408 |
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7 |
Audrey |
1957 |
4 |
390 |
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8 |
NE
United States |
1944 |
3 |
390 |
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9 |
LA (Grand Isle) |
1909 |
4 |
350 |
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10 |
LA (New Orleans) |
1915 |
4 |
275 |
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Most
Expensive Hurricanes
(Atlantic) |
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Rank |
Hurricane
Name |
Year |
Category |
Damage (U.S.) |
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1 |
Hurricane Katrina |
2005 |
3 |
$81,000,000,000 |
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2 |
Hurricane Andrew |
1992 |
5 |
$26,500,000,000 |
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3 |
Hurricane Wilma |
2005 |
3 |
$20,600,000,000 |
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4 |
Hurricane Ike |
2008 |
2 |
$18,000,000,000 |
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5 |
Hurricane Charley |
2004 |
4 |
$15,000,000,000 |
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6 |
Hurricane Ivan |
2004 |
3 |
$14,200,000,000 |
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7 |
Hurricane Rita |
2005 |
3 |
$11,300,000,000 |
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8 |
Hurricane Frances |
2004 |
2 |
$8,900,000,000 |
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9 |
Hurricane Hugo |
1989 |
4 |
$7,000,000,000 |
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10 |
Hurricane Jeanne |
2004 |
3 |
$6,900,000,000 |
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11 |
Tropical Storm
Allison |
2001 |
T.S. |
$5,000,000,000 |
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12 |
Hurricane Floyd |
1999 |
2 |
$4,500,000,000 |
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13 |
Hurricane Isabel |
2003 |
2 |
$3,370,000,000 |
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14 |
Hurricane Fran |
1996 |
3 |
$3,200,000,000 |
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15 |
Hurricane Opal |
1995 |
3 |
$3,000,000,000 |
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16 |
Hurricane Frederic |
1979 |
3 |
$2,300,000,000 |
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17 |
Hurricane Agnes |
1972 |
1 |
$2,100,000,000 |
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18 |
Hurricane Alicia |
1983 |
3 |
$2,000,000,000 |
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19 |
Hurricane Dennis |
2005 |
3 |
$1,840,000,000 |
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20 |
Hurricane Ophelia |
2005 |
1 |
$1,600,000,000 |
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Note: Damages are listed in
US dollars and are not adjusted for inflation. |
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Terms
To Know: |
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Tropical
Cyclone:
Warm-core non-frontal synoptic-scale cyclone, originating
over tropical or subtropical waters, with organized deep
convection and a closed surface wind circulation about a
well-defined center. Once formed, a
tropical cyclone is maintained by the extraction of heat
energy from the ocean at high temperature and heat export at
the low temperatures of the upper troposphere. |
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Hurricane
/ Typhoon: A
Tropical Cyclone
in which the maximum sustained surface wind using a 1-minute
average is 64 knots (74 mph) or more. The term hurricane is used
for Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclones east of the
International Dateline to the Greenwich Meridian. The term
typhoon is used for Pacific tropical cyclones north of the
Equator west of the International Dateline. |
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Cape Verde Storm:
A tropical system with origins coming from the coast of Africa.
These are the long tracking systems, which move off Africa, form
and trek across the Atlantic eventually threatening the Eastern
Caribbean Islands and the US East Coast. The Cape Verde
Islands themselves are just west off the coast of Africa. |
| Eye:
The low pressure center of a tropical cyclone. Surrounded by the
most intense area of the storm and at a huge contrast inside the
eye winds are normally calm and sometimes the sky clears. |
| Eyewall:
The ring of thunderstorms that surrounds a storm's eye. The
heaviest rain, strongest winds and worst turbulence are normally
in the eyewall. |
| Hurricane:
A tropical cyclone in which maximum sustained surface wind is 74
mph (64 knots) or greater. |
| Hurricane
Watch: An announcement that hurricane conditions pose a
possible threat to a specified coastal area within 36 hours. |
| Hurricane
Warning: A warning that sustained winds of 74 mph (64
knots) or higher are expected in a specified coastal area within
24 hours or less. |
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Millibar: A metric measurement of air pressure. |
| Storm
Surge:
An abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as the result,
primarily, of the winds of a storm. |
| Tropical
Cyclone: The general term for all cyclone circulations
originating over tropical waters, classified by form and
intensity. |
| Tropical
Wave: A trough of low pressure in the trade-wind
easterlies. |
| Tropical
Disturbance: A moving area of thunderstorms in the
Tropics that maintains its identity for 24 hours or more.
A common phenomenon in the Tropics. |
| Tropical
Depression: A tropical cyclone in which the maximum
sustained surface wind is 38 mph (33 knots) or less. |
| Tropical
Storm: A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained
surface wind ranges from 39-73 mph (34-63 knots) inclusive. |
| Tropical
Storm Watch: Is issued for a coastal area when there is
a threat of tropical storm conditions within 36 hours. |
| Tropical
Storm Warning: A warning for tropical storm conditions
including sustained winds within the range of 39 to 73 mph (34
to 63 knots) which are expected in a specified coastal area
within 24 hours or less. |
| Typhoon:
A hurricane in the north Pacific west of the International Date
Line. |
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