If we lower the threshold to 180 mph, there are a total of eight that would rate as a category 6 190 mph Allen 1980 185 mph Dorian 19, Labor Day 1935, Gilbert 19, Wilma It's officially known as the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Simpson (of the US NationalWithin the region, a Category 5 hurricane is considered to be a tropical cyclone that has 1minute
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