Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

Map of 11 locations in North Atlantic

Storms from a decade of North Atlantic seasons that reached the top two steps of the Saffir-Simpson scale, each drawn along its full track rather than at a single point. The accounts are historical, fixed to the dates and positions recorded at the time, and cover where each system formed, where it intensified, and what it did at the coasts it reached. Several never made landfall at strength; others came ashore well below their peak.

Places in this collection

  • Hurricane Lenny (1999) — It formed on 13 November in the western Caribbean Sea and held an unusual easterly track for its entire duration, moving west to east acros…
  • Hurricane Floyd (1999) — It reached Category 4 twice, on 13 September north of Hispaniola and again on 15 September north of the Bahamas, striking the Bahamas at pe…
  • Hurricane Bret (1999) — Forming from a tropical wave on 18 August, it organised slowly within weak steering currents in the Bay of Campeche before attaining peak w…
  • Hurricane Mitch (1998) — It formed in the western Caribbean Sea on 22 October and, in extremely favourable conditions, strengthened rapidly to Category 5 by 26 Octo…
  • Hurricane Georges (1998) — It reached major hurricane strength on 19 September while 675 miles east-southeast of Antigua, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, and…
  • Hurricane Hortense (1996) — It began as a tropical wave in early September and struck Guadeloupe early on 8 September with winds of 60 mph, made landfall in Puerto Ric…
  • Hurricane Edouard (1996) — It reached winds of 145 mph on its path, then weakened as it turned to the northeast. On 2 September it passed about 95 miles southeast of…
  • Hurricane Opal (1995) — Its precursor and early stages brought heavy rainfall and flooding to Guatemala and Mexico. By 4 October it was a large and intense hurrica…
  • Hurricane Luis (1995) — A long-lived system that severely affected the Leeward Islands. After striking them it moved northwest of the Greater Antilles, then curved…
  • Hurricane Felix (1995) — It reached low-end Category 4 intensity late on 12 August, then passed within 75 miles southeast of Bermuda on the 15th as an 85 mph hurric…
  • Hurricane Andrew (1992) — It began as a tropical depression over the eastern Atlantic on 16 August and crossed the Bahamas, striking Eleuthera with winds of 160 mph…

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