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Subject: E8) What hurricanes have been at Category Five status the longest ?
Contributed by Neal Dorst
Here are lists of the longest lived Cat 5s for three basins since
the start of the reconnaissance era (1944). These times are based
on the six hourly advisories issued by NHC or JTWC.
| Atlantic
| | ALLEN (1980) | 3.00 days
| | DOG (1950) | 2.50 days
| | ISABEL (2003) | 1.75 days
| | DAVID (1979) | 1.75 days
| | MITCH (1998) | 1.75 days
| |
| | East Pacific
| | PAKA (1997) | 2.50 days
| | JOHN (1994) | 1.75 days
| | OLIWA (1997) | 1.75 days
| | LINDA (1997) | 1.75 days
| | GUILLERMO (1997) | 1.00 days
| | AVA (1973) | 1.00 days
| |
| | West Pacific
| | NANCY (1961) | 5.50 days
| | KAREN (1962) | 4.25 days
| | SALLY (1954) | 4.00 days
| | DINAH (1959) | 3.75 days
| | NINA (1953) | 3.50 days
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Last updated August 13, 2004
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