List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

A Category 5 hurricane is a hurricane with winds over 156 mph. This is a list of the Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. There are no records of a Category 5 hurricane before 1900; equipment was not as good before that.  The season with the most Category 5 hurricanes was in 2005, which had four. The most consecutive years with at least one Category 5 hurricane is 4, form 2016 to 2019.

Category 5 hurricanes are very destructive and many Category 5 hurricanes get their names retired after the season.  Of the named Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes only four of them have not had their name retired, the four names are: Carol (1953) although Carol was retired after 1954, Edith (1971), Emily (2005), and Lorenzo (2019).

Category 5 hurricanes

This is the list. It is ordered by the year of the Category 5 hurricane.

 Name  Season  Highest winds  Knots  Kilometers per hour  Miles per hour1920s "Cuba" 1924 145  270  165 "Okeechobee"  1928 140  260  1601930s "Bahamas"  1932 140  260  160"Camagüey"1932150280175"Cuba-Brownsville"1933140260160"Tampico"1933140260160 "Labor Day"  1935  160  295  185 "New England"  1938 140  260  160 1940s "Great Atlantic"19441402601601950sCarol1953150280175 Janet 1955 150  280  1751960sEsther1961140260160 Hattie 1961 140  260  160Inez1966145270165 Beulah  1967  140  260  160 Camille  1969  165  305  1901970s Edith  1971  140  260  160 Anita  1977  150  280  175 David  1979  150  280  1751980s Allen  1980  165  305  190 Gilbert  1988  160  295  185 Hugo  1989  140  260  1601990s Andrew  1992  150  280  175 Mitch  1998  155  285  1802000s Isabel  2003  145  270  165 Ivan  2004  145  270  165 Emily 2005  140  260  160 Katrina  150  280  175 Rita  155  285  180 Wilma  160  295  185 Dean 2007  150  280  175 Felix  150  280  1752010s Matthew  2016  145  265  165 Irma 2017  155  285  180 Maria  150  280  175 Michael  2018  140  260  160 Dorian 2019  160  295  185 Lorenzo 140  260  1602020sIan2022140260160Lee2023145265165Milton2024145285180

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