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Bookmark or Share- Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale - National Hurricane CenterThe Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as storm surge, rainfall flooding, and tornadoes.
- Hurricane Categories: What Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Mean - TIMECategory 5: Catastrophic damage will occur. In a Category 5 hurricane, the highest category hurricane, winds are 157 mph or higher.
- List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes - WikipediaA Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. They are among the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth, having 1-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 137 knots (254 km/h ; 158 mph ; 70 m ...
- Category 5 Hurricane History In The Atlantic Basin | Weather.comCategory 5 hurricanes are fairly rare in the Atlantic Basin, but almost 100 years of history shows there are locations and times of hurricane season in which they occur most often.
- What is a Category 5 hurricane? - FOX WeatherA hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 157 mph or higher is considered to be Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A Category 5 cyclone is capable of the worst catastrophic damage and is the highest on the ranking scale a hurricane can be.
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