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The most intense storm by lowest pressure and peak 10-minute sustained winds was Typhoon Tip, which was also the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of minimum central pressure. Storms with a minimum pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1950. [6]
However, with a barometric pressure of 895 mbar (hPa; 26.43 inHg), Rita is the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. [64] In between Rita and Katrina is Hurricane Allen. Allen's pressure was measured at 899 mbar. Hurricane Camille is the sixth strongest hurricane on record.
At the time, this was the lowest pressure ever recorded in the United States. [4] Using this measurement, the Atlantic reanalysis project calculated that the hurricane struck Louisiana with a lower pressure: 944 mbar (944 hPa; 27.9 inHg).
Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean [15] Most intense (10-minute maximum sustained winds) 78.2 m/s (175 mph; 152.0 kn; 282 km/h) February 20, 2016: Cyclone Winston in the south Pacific Ocean [16] Most intense (lowest central pressure) 870 mb (870.0 hPa; 25.7 inHg) October 12, 1979: Typhoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Ocean [17] [18]
This is the lowest central pressure on record for any Atlantic hurricane, [2] breaking the previous record of 888 mbar (26.2 inHg) set by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. [4] Wilma's intensification rate broke all records in the basin, with a 24–hour pressure drop of 97 mbar (2.9 inHg); this also broke the record set by Gilbert.
The lowest pressure in a hurricane is always found at its center, or in its eye. In general, a lower pressure means a more intense hurricane in terms of its winds and overall destructive potential ...
Cyclone Mahina (1899) – Possibly the most intense storm recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, with a peak low pressure of 880 hPa (25.99 inHg) Typhoon Nancy (1961) - An extremely powerful typhoon that unofficially had the strongest winds ever recorded in a typhoon, with maximum 1-minute sustained winds at 215 mph (346 km/h), tying Hurricane ...
The Labor Day hurricane was the most intense tropical cyclone known to make landfall in the Western Hemisphere, having the lowest sea level pressure ever officially recorded on land—a central pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg)—suggesting an intensity of between 162 and 164 knots (186 and 189 mph).