Hurricane Classification and Extremes

• Category 1 -- Winds 74-95 mph
• Category 2 -- Winds 96-110 mph
• Category 3 -- Winds 111-130 mph
• Category 4 -- Winds 131-155 mph
• Category 5 -- Winds over 155 mph (these are VERY rare)

• Hurricane Felix (September 2007) -- Caribbean
• Hurricane Dean (August 2007) -- Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Caribbean
• Hurricane Wilma (October 2005) -- Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Cuba, and Southern Florida
• Hurricane Rita (September 2005) -- hit Texas, Louisiana
• Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) -- hit southern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
• Hurricane Isabel (September 2003) -- hit North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
• Hurricane Mitch (October 1998) -- hit Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala
• Hurricane Andrew (August 1992)-- hit southeastern Florida and southeastern Louisiana
• Hurricane Gilbert (September 1988) -- hit Jamaica, Mexico
• Hurricane Edith (1971) -- hit Nicaragua
• Hurricane Camille (August 1969) -- hit Mississippi, SE Louisiana, and Virginia
• Hurricane Janet (1955) -- hit Mexico, the Caribbean
• "New England" Hurricane (September 1938) -- hit New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts (perhaps a Category 5 hurricane).
• "Labor Day" Hurricane (September 1935) -- hit the Florida Keys.

Hurricanes

Introduction to Hurricanes

How Hurricanes Form

Naming Hurricanes

Hurricane Structure

Hurricane Classification

Tracking Hurricanes

Preparing for a Hurricane

Landfall, Storm Surges

Hurricane Activities

Hurricane Glossary

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