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Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
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Hurricane Gilbert
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1988
Hurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, which peaked as a Category 5 hurricane. The storm brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is tied with 1969's Hurricane Camille…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hurricane Wilma
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
Hurricane Wilma was an extremely powerful and record-breaking Atlantic hurricane which became the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin and the second-most intense tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere, both based on barometric pressure, after Hurricane…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2005
Calendar year
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Atmospheric pressure
Static pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure, is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere is a unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa (1,013.25 hPa), which is equivalent to 1,013.25 millibars, 760 mm Hg, 29.9212 inches Hg,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)