Hurricane Katrina rewrote the record books for strongest North Atlantic and U.S. landfalling hurricanes. Here are the new top ten lists (with eleven in the landfalling storms list because of ties):
Strongest North Atlantic Hurricanes since 1851
1. 1988 Gilbert, 988 millibars
2. 1935 Labor Day, 892 millibars
3. 1980 Allen, 899 millibars
4. 2005 Katrina, 902 millibars
5. 1969 Camille, 905 millibars
6. 1998, Mitch, 910 millibars
7. 2004, Ivan, 912 millibars
8. 2003, Isabel, 915 millibars
9. 1989, Hugo, 918 millibars
10. 1995, Opal, 919 millibars
Strongest US Landfalling Hurricanes since 1900
1. 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, Florida Keys, 892 millibars
2. 1969 Camille, Mississippi,. 909 millibars
3. 2005 Katrina, Mississipi/Louisiana, 918 millibars
4. 1992 Andrew, Florida/Louisiana, 922 millibars
5. 1919 Unnamed storm, Florida Keys/S Texas, 923 millibars
6. 1928 Unnamed, Lake Okeechobee, 929 millibars
7. 1960 Donna, S Florida, East Coast, 930 millibars
8. 1961 Carla, Texas, 931 millibars
9. 1900 Unnamed, Galveston, 931 millibars
10.1909, Unnamed, Grand Isle, LA, 931 millibars
11.1915, Unnamed, New Orleans, 931 millibars
- Bill Murray
Strongest North Atlantic Hurricanes since 1851
1. 1988 Gilbert, 988 millibars
2. 1935 Labor Day, 892 millibars
3. 1980 Allen, 899 millibars
4. 2005 Katrina, 902 millibars
5. 1969 Camille, 905 millibars
6. 1998, Mitch, 910 millibars
7. 2004, Ivan, 912 millibars
8. 2003, Isabel, 915 millibars
9. 1989, Hugo, 918 millibars
10. 1995, Opal, 919 millibars
Strongest US Landfalling Hurricanes since 1900
1. 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, Florida Keys, 892 millibars
2. 1969 Camille, Mississippi,. 909 millibars
3. 2005 Katrina, Mississipi/Louisiana, 918 millibars
4. 1992 Andrew, Florida/Louisiana, 922 millibars
5. 1919 Unnamed storm, Florida Keys/S Texas, 923 millibars
6. 1928 Unnamed, Lake Okeechobee, 929 millibars
7. 1960 Donna, S Florida, East Coast, 930 millibars
8. 1961 Carla, Texas, 931 millibars
9. 1900 Unnamed, Galveston, 931 millibars
10.1909, Unnamed, Grand Isle, LA, 931 millibars
11.1915, Unnamed, New Orleans, 931 millibars
- Bill Murray
on September 5, 2005, 9:30 am
thanks for the list.
I recently watched a video I purchased after Hurricane Andrew. Curious to note at the time Andrew was considered a Cat 4 at landfall in s Fl. As I understand Andrew was reclassified a few years ago as a Cat 5. Considering numerous reports of a 25-30 ft storm surge from Katrina, what do you think the chances are that Katrina will also be reclassified in the future? According to all other information I have seen, as well as your ranking posting, Katrina was a stronger storm than
Andrew, and possibly Camile.
Just curious.
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