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To be officially classified as a hurricane, a storm must have a sustained wind speed of at least 64 knots (119 km/hr or 74 mph).

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What wind speed must be reached for a hurricane to develop?

Hurricanes are categorized based on their wind speeds, with a minimal wind speed of 74 mph (119 km/h) needed to be classified as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. As the wind speeds increase, hurricanes are classified into higher categories (2-5) based on their sustained wind speeds.


What is the lowest recorded speed of a hurricane spinning?

The minimum wind speed for a hurricane is 74 miles per hour. Below that the storm is not considered to be a hurricane.


What is the slowest wind ever recorded for a hurricane?

You may be able to find a journal record of no wind on a very rare date on the Antarctic continent.


How fast do the wind have to be a hurricane?

The minimum wind speed for a hurricane is 74 mph.


What is the official wind speed to create a hurricane?

The minimum wind speed for a storm to be considered a hurricane is 74 mph.


What is wind speed and what does it have to be with hurricane?

Wind speed is the speed at which air moves from one place to another. Wind speed is a critical factor in determining the intensity of a hurricane, as higher wind speeds are associated with more powerful and destructive storms. Hurricane categories are based on the maximum sustained wind speed of the storm.


What is the fastest wind found in a Hurricane?

the wind speed was very fast to fast for scientists


How can you tell the category of a hurricane?

Wind Speed.


What determines the strength of a hurricane?

wind speed


What was the wind speed of Hurricane Nate?

103mph


Is the size of the hurricane related to its wind speed?

No


How does a hurricane exert force?

The speed of the wind does this.