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Most Intense Atlantic Hurricanes as Measured by Pressure in MBs (not necessarily most intense at landfall)

Rank

Hurricane Name

Season

Min. pressure

Hurricane off the East Florida coast ... image courtesy of NASA

1

Wilma

2005

882 mbar (hPa)

2

Gilbert

1988

888 mbar (hPa)

3

"Labor Day"

1935

892 mbar (hPa)

4

Rita

2005

895 mbar (hPa)

5

Allen

1980

899 mbar (hPa)

6

Katrina

2005

902 mbar (hPa)

7

Camille

1969

905 mbar (hPa)

Mitch

1998

905 mbar (hPa)

Dean

2007

905 mbar (hPa)

10

Ivan

2004

910 mbar (hPa)

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce