Aside from Andrew, the following Atlantic hurricanes have attained category 5 strength. They are listed with the year they occurred.
Camille (1969), Edith (1971), Anita (1977), David (1979), Allen (1980), Gilbert (1988), Hugo (1989), Mitch (1998), Isabel (2003), Ivan (2004), Emily (2005), Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Wilma (2005), Dean (2007), and Felix (2007).
Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane with 175 mph winds. The pressure was 922 mbar.
Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with a category 5 on August 24th 1992.
when hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 it came in a cat. #5
Not mild at all. Hurricane Andrew was once of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States; one of only three to strike as a category 5 storm. It was the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history prior to Hurricane Katrina.
The last hurricane to hit the U.S. at category 5 intensity was Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane with 175 mph winds. The pressure was 922 mbar.
Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with a category 5 on August 24th 1992.
when hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 it came in a cat. #5
Not mild at all. Hurricane Andrew was once of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the United States; one of only three to strike as a category 5 storm. It was the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history prior to Hurricane Katrina.
The last hurricane to hit the U.S. at category 5 intensity was Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Not at all. Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane, making it one of the strongest hurricanes of the past 20 years.
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 Andrew was stronger. It was a category 5 hurricane with peak winds of 175 mph, making landfall still as a category 5 with winds of 165 mph. Floyd was a category 4 hurricane with peak winds of 155 mph. It made landfall as a category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph.
Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane when it passed over the Bahamas and Florida. That's where Hurricane Andrew was at it's peak intensity. It was downgraded to a category 3 after Florida then struck Louisiana as a category 3.
There is no given size for a category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 but was relatively small while Katrina, also a category 5, was huge. The rating of a hurricane depends on sustained wind speed. A category 5 hurricane has sustained winds of at least 156 mph.
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on August 24, 1992 and Louisiana on August 26.
Hurricane Andrew was a more powerful and destructive storm compared to Hurricane Irene. Andrew made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane in 1992, causing widespread devastation in the Bahamas and southern Florida. In contrast, Irene, which struck the East Coast in 2011, was classified as a Category 3 hurricane and caused significant damage but was not as severe as Andrew.