Category Five Hurricanes

The most intense storms on Earth

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Category 5 Hurricanes Cyclone Names Intense/Costliest Hurricanes Sea Surface Temps Typical Cyclone Tracks U.S. Hurricane Landfalls
Category Five Hurricanes
Date Storm Name Maximum Wind Landfall Location
10/27/25 Melissa 190 mph Jamaica
09/27/25 Humberto 160 mph ----
10/07/24 Milton 180 mph Central Florida
07/01/24 Beryl 165 mph Carriacou/Yucatan/Texas
09/07/23 Lee 165 mph ----
11/16/20 Iota 160 mph Nicaragua
09/28/19 Lorenzo 160 mph ----
09/01/19 Dorian 185 mph NW Bahamas
10/09/18 Michael 160 mph Florida Panhandle
09/18/17 Maria 175 mph Dominica/Puerto Rico
09/05/17 Irma 185 mph Cuba/Florida
09/30/16 Matthew 160 mph Haiti/Cuba/Bahamas/SC
09/02/07 Felix 165 mph Nicaragua
08/20/07 Dean 165 mph Yucatan Peninsula
10/19/05 Wilma 175 mph Mexico/Florida
09/21/05 Rita 175 mph Louisiana/Texas
08/28/05 Katrina 175 mph Louisiana
07/17/05 Emily 160 mph Mexico
09/09/04 Ivan 165 mph Alabama
09/11/03 Isabel 160 mph North Carolina
10/26/98 Mitch 180 mph ----
08/24/92 Andrew 175 mph South Florida
09/15/89 Hugo 160 mph ----
09/14/88 Gilbert 185 mph Mexico
08/07/80 Allen 190 mph ----
08/30/79 David 175 mph ----
09/02/77 Anita 175 mph ----
09/09/71 Edith 160 mph Nicaragua
08/17/69 Camile 190 mph Mississippi
09/20/67 Beulah 160 mph ----
10/30/61 Hattie 160 mph ----
09/11/61 Carla 175 mph Texas
09/15/60 Ethel 160 mph ----
09/04/60 Donna 160 mph ----
08/16/58 Cleo 160 mph ----
09/28/55 Janet 175 mph Mexico
09/07/51 Easy 160 mph ----
09/06/50 Dog 185 mph ----
09/16/47 Unnamed 160 mph Bahamas
09/19/38 Unnamed 160 mph ----
09/03/35 Unnamed 160 mph Florida Keys
09/21/33 Unnamed 160 mph Jamaica
08/30/33 Unnamed 160 mph Bahamas/Cuba/Florida
11/06/32 Unnamed 160 mph Cuba
09/05/32 Unnamed 160 mph Bahamas
09/13/28 Unnamed 160 mph Puerto Rico

Category Five Hurricane data above valid through 2025.
Names in bold denote hurricanes that were at Category Five status at the time of landfall.

Source National Hurricane Center