Top 25 Most Intense Atlantic Hurricanes

Here is my list of the top 25 most intense Atlantic hurricanes.

Dean is currently tied for 11th place.

RANK NAME YEAR PRSSR NOTES
1 WILMA 2005 882mb 4th Cat 5 in 2005, struck serious blow to South Florida
2 GILBERT 1988 888mb Struck Jamaica, Caymans, Yucatan and NE Mexico
3 C 1935 892mb Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane
4 RITA 2005 897mb Extreme storm surge on SW LA coast
5 ALLEN 1980 899mb Dodged and weaved through the islands of the Caribbean on way to Texas
6 KATRINA 2005 902mb Greatest natural disaster in US history
7 CAMILLE 1969 905mb Devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast
8 MITCH 1998 905mb Second deadliest Atlantic Hurricane on Record, struck Central America
9 IVAN 2004 912mb Reached Cat 5 three times, final landfall Alabama coast
10 ISABEL 2003 915mb One of most significant Mid Atlantic hurricanes
11 HUGO 1989 918mb Caused severe damage around Charleston, SC
11 DEAN 2007 918mb Will grow stronger
13 OPAL 1995 919mb Intensifed rapidly then weakened just before landafll
14 HATTIE 1961 920mb Only hurricane on record to have three names
14 GLORIA 1985 920mb Weakened before striking New England
16 FLOYD 1999 921mb Weakened before hitting North Carolina
17 ANDREW 1992 922mb One of three Category Five hurricanes to stilke the U.S.
18 C 1853 924mb Never struck land
19 ANITA 1977 926mb Powerful hurricane in Gulf, struck Mexico
19 DAVID 1979 926mb Killed 2000 people
21 H 1880 928mb Came close to hitting Bermuda
22 CAROL 1953 929mb Went on to be one o fthe worst storms to strike New England
22 INEZ 1966 929mb First to affect West Indies, Florida, Bahamas and Mexico on one track
22 FELIX 1995 929mb Passed close enough to Bermuda to delay Independence vote
22 EMILY 2005 929mb Cat 5 eastern Caribbean struck Cozumel

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