Fay never became a hurricane. It was a tropical storm that fell just short of hurricane status
The storm named Fay never reached hurricane status. Fay peaked as a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds. Winds must reach at least 74 mph for a storm to be considered a hurricane.
Hurricane Isabel was a category 5 hurricane.
Hurricane Michael was a Category 5 hurricane. It made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on October 10, 2018, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. It was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The first category of a hurricane is category 1.
It was a category 1 hurricane.
Category two
Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane with 175 mph winds. The pressure was 922 mbar.
Hurricane Tanya was a category 1.
Hurricane Arthur (2014) was a category 2 hurricane.
Hurricane Ike is a category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane Chris of 2012 was a category 1 hurricane.
No, Fay stayed at tropical storm status all of the time it was in Florida. However, another storm named Fay did reach hurricane status in 2014 and struck Bermuda.