TCOTD – Hurricane Wilma – Oct. 19
October 19
2005 WILMA 160 knots in the North Atlantic
The most intense hurricane on record as measured by minimum central pressure). IT is also the 3rd most intense tropical cyclone worldwide (only two other systems have lower reported pressure values).
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| Global rank (of 3248) | Basin rank (of 461) | Yearly rank (of 115) | ||
| Lifetime Maximum Wind (knots) | 160 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Lifetime Minimum Pressure (mb) | 882 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ACE (103 knots2) | 301.38 | 33 | 13 | 2 |
| PDI (105 knots3) | 311.74 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| Duration (days) | 11.00 | 705 | 84 | 19 |
| TC Days (days) | 9.75 | 278 | 61 | 9 |
| Hurricane Days (days) | 7.50 | 103 | 29 | 3 |
| Distance Traversed (km) | 5582. | 589 | 103 | 16 |
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