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Some interesting historical information I found this am. Thought I would share it with you all. The Most Intense Hurricanes In The United States 1900-1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intensity is for time of landfall. The cyclones may have been stronger at other times. RANKING HURRICANE YEAR CATEGORY PRESSURE (MILLIBARS) PRESSURE (INCHES OF MERCURY) 1. FL (Keys) 1935 5 892 26.35 2. CAMILLE (MS/SE LA/VA) 1969 5 909 26.84 3. ANDREW (SE FL/SE LA) 1992 4 922 27.23 4. FL (Keys)/S TX 1919 4 927 27.37 5. FL (Lake Okeechobee) 1928 4 929 27.43 6. DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.) 1960 4 930 27.46 7. TX (Galveston) 1900 4 931 27.49 8. LA (Grand Isle) 1909 4 931 27.49 9. LA (New Orleans) 1915 4 931 27.49 10. CARLA (N & Cent. TX) 1961 4 931 27.49 11. HUGO (SC) 1989 4 934 27.58 12. FL (Miami)/MS/AL/Pensacola 1926 4 935 27.61 13. HAZEL (SC/NC) 1954 4 * 938 27.70 14. SE FL/SE LA/MS 1947 4 940 27.76 15. N TX 1932 4 941 27.79 16. GLORIA (Eastern U.S.) 1985 3 *& 942 27.82 16. OPAL (NW FL/AL) 1995 3 & 942 27.82 18. AUDREY (SW LA/N TX) 1957 4 # 945 27.91 18. TX (Galveston) 1915 4 # 945 27.91 18. CELIA (S TX) 1970 3 945 27.91 18. ALLEN (S TX) 1980 3 945 27.91 22. NEW ENGLAND 1938 3 * 946 27.94 22. FREDERIC (AL/MS) 1979 3 946 27.94 24. NE U.S. 1944 3 * 947 27.97 24. SC/NC 1906 3 947 27.97 26. BETSY (SE FL/SE LA) 1965 3 948 27.99 26. SE FL/NW FL 1929 3 948 27.99 26. SE FL 1933 3 948 27.99 26. S TX 1916 3 948 27.99 26. MS/AL 1916 3 948 27.99 31. DIANE (NC) 1955 3 + 949 28.02 31. S TX 1933 3 949 28.02 33. BEULAH (S TX) 1967 3 950 28.05 33. HILDA (Central LA) 1964 3 950 28.05 33. GRACIE (SC) 1959 3 950 28.05 33. TX (Central) 1942 3 950 28.05 37. SE FL 1945 3 951 28.08 38. FL (Tampa Bay) 1921 3 952 28.11 38. CARMEN (Central LA) 1974 3 952 28.11 40. EDNA (New England) 1954 3 * 954 28.17 40. SE FL 1949 3 954 28.17 40. FRAN (NC) 1996 3 954 28.17 43. ELOISE (NW FL) 1975 3 955 28.20 43. KING (SE FL) 1950 3 955 28.20 43. CENTRAL LA 1926 3 955 28.20 43. SW LA 1918 3 955 28.20 43. SW FL 1910 3 955 28.20 48. NC 1933 3 957 28.26 48. FL (Keys) 1909 3 957 28.26 50. EASY (NW FL) 1950 3 958 28.29 50. N TX 1941 3 958 28.29 50. NW FL 1917 3 958 28.29 50. N TX 1909 3 958 28.29 50. MS/AL 1906 3 958 28.29 55. ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) 1985 3 959 28.32 56. CAROL (NE U.S.) 1954 3 * 960 28.35 56. IONE (NC) 1955 3 960 28.35 56. EMILY (NC) 1993 3 960 28.35 59. ALICIA (N TX) 1983 3 962 28.41 59. CONNIE (NC/VA) 1955 3 962 28.41 59. SW FL/NE FL 1944 3 962 28.41 59. CENTRAL LA 1934 3 962 28.41 63. SW FL/NE FL 1948 3 963 28.44 64. NW FL 1936 3 964 28.47 * - Moving more than 30 miles an hour. & - Highest category justified by winds. # - Classified Cat. 4 because of estimated winds. + - Cape Fear, North Carolina, area only; was a Cat. 2 at final landfall. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECT HITS BY HURRICANES U.S. MAINLAND 1900-1996 CATEGORY 5: 2 CATEGORY 4: 15 CATEGORY 3: 47 CATEGORY 2: 37 CATEGORY 1: 57 TOTAL 158 Major hurricanes (Categories 3,4,5): 64 |