Air Force reconnaissance recently found a central pressure of 914 mb, moving the Category Five hurricane into a tie for tenth place with 1955’s Hurricane Janet.
1 WILMA 2005 882 4th Cat 5 in 2005, struck serious blow to South Florida
2 GILBERT 1988 888 Struck Jamaica, Caymans, Yucatan and NE Mexico
3 C UNNAMED 1935 892 Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane
4 RITA 2005 897 Extreme storm surge on SW LA coast
5 ALLEN 1980 899 Dodged and weaved through the islands of the Caribbean on way to Texas
6 KATRINA 2005 902 Greatest natural disaster in US history
7 CAMILLE 1969 905 Devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast
7 MITCH 1998 905 Second deadliest Atlantic Hurricane on Record, struck Central America
9 IVAN 2004 912 Reached Cat 5 three times, final landfall Alabama coast
10 JANET 1955 914 Made landfall as a Cat 5 on the Yucatan
10 DEAN 2007 914 Achieved Cat 5 in NW Caribbean
Many thanks to Zac for pointing out that Janet was missing from my earlier list.
