Hurricane Rita is the fourth strongest Atlantic hurricane in terms of barometric pressure and one of three tropical cyclones from 2005 on the list, with the others being Wilma and Katrina at first and seventh respectively. However, with a barometric pressure of 895 mbar (hPa; ), Rita is the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. Mitch and Dean share intensities for the eighth strongest Atlantic hurricane at 905 mbar (hPa; ). The tenth place for most intense Atlantic tropical cyclone is Hurricane Maria listed to have deepened to a pressure as low as 908 mbar (hPa; ).