A hurricane with sustained winds of 129 mph would be at the upper cusp of category 3.
A hurricane with 120 mph winds would be classified as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Category 3 hurricanes are considered major hurricanes and have the potential to cause extensive damage.
No. That would be a category 5 hurricane.
A sustained wind speed of 103 mph would earn a hurricane a rating of category 2.
Category 5
Hurricane Isabel was a category 5 hurricane.
The first category of a hurricane is category 1.
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.
Hurricane Fey would be categorized as a tropical storm.
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.