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The strongest hurricane to make landfall in Canada was Hurricane Ginny of 1963, [2] which had winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 millibars (28.0 inHg), making it a Category 2 hurricane at the time of its landfall near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [1]
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane, with a pressure of 892 mbar (hPa; 26.34 inHg), is the third strongest Atlantic hurricane and the strongest documented tropical cyclone prior to 1950. [11] Since the measurements taken during Wilma and Gilbert were documented using dropsonde, this pressure remains the lowest measured over land. [63]
Hurricane Ginny was the strongest recorded tropical cyclone to make landfall in Canada at the time, until being eclipsed by Hurricane Fiona in 2022, as well as the latest hurricane on a calendar year to affect the U.S. state of Maine.
Hurricane Ella was the strongest hurricane on record in Canadian waters. It formed on August 30, 1978, to the south of Bermuda , and quickly intensified as it tracked west-northwestward. By September 1, Ella reached winds of 125 mph (201 km/h), and it was expected to pass close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the busy Labor Day ...
Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, obliterating all other years in terms of area burned. ... At peak strength, Lee packed winds of 165 mph, making it the strongest hurricane ...
The strongest hurricane so far this season was Hurricane Lee, which peaked at Category 5 strength with winds of 165 mph over the central Atlantic. ... Canada, late in the afternoon on Sept. 16 ...
Satellite image of Hurricane Igor on September 21, 2010, as it made landfall on Newfoundland. There have been 25 recorded Newfoundland hurricanes, or Atlantic Ocean hurricanes that have made a direct landfall as a tropical or subtropical cyclone on the island of Newfoundland since official records began in 1851.
Previously, Franklin held the title of the Atlantic's strongest hurricane this year, which peaked at Category 4 strength with winds of 150 mph. ... As Lee tracks northeastward over Canada and ...