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Intensity Measures
- 185 mph lifetime max winds – tied with Florida Keys (1935 ), Gilbert (1988 ) and
Wilma (2005) for second strongest max winds of all time in Atlantic hurricane.
Allen had max winds of 190 mph in 1980

- 185 mph lifetime max winds – making it the strongest storm on record to impact
the Leeward Islands, defined as 15-19°N, 65-60°W for this calculation.
Okeechobee Hurricane (1928 ) and David (1979) were previous strongest at 160
mph

- 185 mph lifetime max winds – the strongest storm to exist outside of the
Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on record

- 185 mph max winds for 37 hours – the longest any cyclone around the globe has
maintained that intensity on record. The previous record was Haiyan in the NW
Pacific at 24 hours

- 914 mb lifetime minimum central pressure – lowest since Dean (2007) and 10th
lowest in satellite era (since 1966)

- 914 mb lifetime minimum central pressure – lowest pressure by an Atlantic
hurricane outside of the western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on record
- First Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Matthew (2016) and first
Category 5 hurricane in the tropical Atlantic (7.5-20°N, 60-20°W) since Hugo
(1989)

- 2.25 days as a Category 5 hurricane – 4th longest Atlantic hurricane at Cat. 5
strength on record

In reply to pelon

Boy ah tell yuh I saw some pics of places in St Maarten where I had visited and are now in total and utter ruin.

I hope all the folks there that I know are safe and sound.

Euro has it shifting west not good for entire Fl

Just goes to show man..... events like this puts perspective on what's REALLY important to man in life.

In reply to pelon

Frightening facts.

In reply to Runs

What time was that update?

In reply to Dan_De_Lyan

5 pm

Mih mother-in-law is really kicking batty!My wife was visiting her at the nursing home...'there's a hurricane coming and it's named after me!'

Florida is a jungle swamp, people should not be living there anyways. Irma would be driving them out for good.