Question: what category was wilma when it hit miami
Answer: Part of the record - breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season , which included three of the top ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes ever ( along with # 4 Rita and # 7 Katrina ) , Wilma was the twenty - second storm , thirteenth hurricane , sixth major hurricane , fourth Category 5 hurricane , and second-most destructive hurricane of the 2005 season .