List of Atlantic hurricane records
- List of Atlantic hurricane records
This is a list of Atlantic hurricane records, subdivided by reason for notability.
Earliest/latest formations for each category
Below is a list of the earliest and latest forming hurricanes for each category.;Notes:‡ These are the fastest estimated recorded speeds of any tropical system (including tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) between 1851 and 2005. It does not include extratropical systems which routinely reach very high forward speeds.
Fastest intensification
* Fastest Intensification from a Tropical Storm to a Category 5 Hurricane: 16 hours - 70mph to 155mph - Hurricane Wilma 2005
* Maximum pressure drop in 12 hours: 90+mb - Wilma 2005
* Maximum pressure drop in 24 hours: 98mb - Wilma 2005 - 1200 UTC October 18 to October 19
* Fastest Intensification from a Tropical Depression to a Hurricane: 12 hours - Lorenzo 2007
* Fastest Intensification from a Depression to a Category Five Hurricane: 51 Hours - Felix 2007
Longest duration
* Hurricanes: 15 - 2005
* Retired Hurricanes: 5 - 2005
* Major Hurricanes - 8 - 1950
* 2 Consecutive Seasons - 43 - 2004 and 2005
* Category 5 - 4 - 2005
* Category 4 before August - 2 - 2005
Most tornadoes spawned
Worldwide cyclone records set by Atlantic storms
* Costliest tropical cyclone: Hurricane Katrina - 2005 - $81.2 billion in damages.
* Most rapid intensification in a 24 hour period: Wilma 2005 October 17 - 98mb (previous record: Super Typhoon Forrest 1983 - Western Pacific - 92mb)
* Smallest tropical cyclone on record: Marco - 2008 - gale force winds extended 10 mi (20 km) from storm center (previous record: Cyclone Tracy 1974 - 30 mi (50 km)
* Largest atlantic tropical cyclone on record: Hurricane Ike - 2008 - tropical storm force winds extended 550 mi (885 km) from storm center (Largest worldwide: Typhoon Tip - 1979 with a diameter of 2,220 km [1,380 mi] ).
References
ee also
* List of tropical cyclones
* List of Pacific hurricanes
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