Tropical Bloom. Isidore, Kyle, TD#13

Too funny Steve,

Read the last NHC discussion update and immediately went back to the list. For those who didn't catch it the first time, here it is again.

The Most Intense Hurricanes In The United States 1900-1996

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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
17. OPAL (NW FL/AL) 1995 3 & 942 27.82
18. AUDREY (SW LA/N TX) 1957 4 # 945 27.91
19. TX (Galveston) 1915 4 # 945 27.91
20. CELIA (S TX) 1970 3 945 27.91
21. ALLEN (S TX) 1980 3 945 27.91
22. NEW ENGLAND 1938 3 * 946 27.94
23. FREDERIC (AL/MS) 1979 3 946 27.94
24. NE U.S. 1944 3 * 947 27.97
25. SC/NC 1906 3 947 27.97
26. BETSY (SE FL/SE LA) 1965 3 948 27.99
27. SE FL/NW FL 1929 3 948 27.99
28. SE FL 1933 3 948 27.99
29. S TX 1916 3 948 27.99
30. MS/AL 1916 3 948 27.99
31. DIANE (NC) 1955 3 + 949 28.02
32. S TX 1933 3 949 28.02
33. BEULAH (S TX) 1967 3 950 28.05
34. HILDA (Central LA) 1964 3 950 28.05
35. GRACIE (SC) 1959 3 950 28.05
36. TX (Central) 1942 3 950 28.05
37. SE FL 1945 3 951 28.08
38. FL (Tampa Bay) 1921 3 952 28.11
39. CARMEN (Central LA) 1974 3 952 28.11
40. EDNA (New England) 1954 3 * 954 28.17
41. SE FL 1949 3 954 28.17
42. FRAN (NC) 1996 3 954 28.17
43. ELOISE (NW FL) 1975 3 955 28.20
44. KING (SE FL) 1950 3 955 28.20
45. CENTRAL LA 1926 3 955 28.20
46. SW LA 1918 3 955 28.20
47. SW FL 1910 3 955 28.20
48. NC 1933 3 957 28.26
49. FL (Keys) 1909 3 957 28.26
50. EASY (NW FL) 1950 3 958 28.29
51. N TX 1941 3 958 28.29
52. NW FL 1917 3 958 28.29
53. N TX 1909 3 958 28.29
54. 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
57. IONE (NC) 1955 3 960 28.35
58. EMILY (NC) 1993 3 960 28.35
59. ALICIA (N TX) 1983 3 962 28.41
60. CONNIE (NC/VA) 1955 3 962 28.41
61. SW FL/NE FL 1944 3 962 28.41
62. 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.

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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

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