The "Labor Day" hurricane, which hit Florida and Georgia in September 1935, was the most intense to make landfall in the U.S., based on central pressure. Four out of the 20 most intense hurricanes to make landfall in the country were registered since 2017 – namely Laura (2020), Michael (2018), Irma and Harvey (2017).
Most intense hurricanes to hit the United States from 1900 to 2020, based on central pressure
(in milibar)
based on the observed or estimated central pressure of the hurricane at landfall*
Supplementary notes
* The lower the minimum pressure, the more intense the hurricane.
** The hurricane center did not make a U.S. landfall, but did produce the indicated hurricane-force winds over land. In this case, central pressure is given for the time that the hurricane winds along the coast were the strongest.
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