The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities...

and become a hurricane, then it will be classified on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, and is based on the estimated maximum sustained winds over...

270 km/h (165 mph), making it a Category 5-equivalent intensity on the Saffir–Simpson scale. After briefly weakening from its peak intensity, the cyclone moved...

sustained winds higher than 110 miles per hour (178 km/h)—on the Saffir–Simpson scale are described as major hurricanes. A storm's ACE index represents...

sustained winds higher than 110 miles per hour (178 km/h)—on the Saffir–Simpson scale are described as major hurricanes. The average formation date of...

940 mbar (27.76 inHg) on August 18, making it a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. After environmental conditions became unfavorable, Hilary weakened...

Simpson) the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes. As recently as 2005 Saffir was the principal of Saffir Engineering in...

(165 mph), equivalent to Category 5-equivalent intensity on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The Météo-France upgraded it to a very intense tropical cyclone...

CLIWOC Douglas sea scale Enhanced Fujita scale Extratropical cyclone Fujita scale Saffir–Simpson scale Sea state Squall TORRO scale Huler, Scott (2004)...

Hurricane Beryl, intensified into a Category 5 tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS) with one-minute sustained winds of 270 km/h (165 mph). The...

the NHC had only upgraded Otis to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Explosive intensification continued throughout the day into the...

El Niño of 1994–1995, and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, the highest categorization for hurricanes. Over the course of its...

Tip attained wind speeds equal to Category 4 strength on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS), and it became a super typhoon on the next day. The central...

damage expected from a tropical cyclone, through use of such scales as the Saffir–Simpson scale. The maximum sustained wind normally occurs at a distance...

culminating with Florence becoming a Category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS), with estimated maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h)...

it still reached winds corresponding to Category 3 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The hurricane bypassed the island of Bermuda to the southeast on...

per hour (68 mph), equivalent to a high-end tropical storm on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Michaung moved almost directly northward along the coast. On December...

intensified and peaked at Category 4-equivalent intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale at 21:00 UTC on 23 July, with 1-minute sustained winds of 230 km/h...

hurricane is a storm that ranks as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. The Japan Meteorological Agency is the official Regional...

which made it equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. That day, the Weather Bureau realized that the storm was continuing...

reached its peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, with maximum winds of 140 km/h (90 mph). Maintaining its peak...

intensity of 185 mph (298 km/h), making Wilma a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson scale. An eyewall replacement cycle caused Wilma to weaken below Category 5...

occurred once again, and the storm became a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with peak 1-minute sustained winds of 185 mph (298 km/h), late on...

flight late on August 16 found a strong Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale and recorded a very low pressure of 908 mbar (hPa; 26.82 inHg), with...

intensified into a major hurricane (Category 3 or greater on the Saffir–Simpson scale). After peaking in intensity with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph...

Hurricane Michael, which was a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, the highest category on the scale. Michael was the strongest hurricane to strike...

the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale Map key Saffir–Simpson scale   Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)   Tropical storm...

hurricanes and 3 becoming major hurricanes, Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The most active season on record was 2020, during which 30 named...

Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. There were no strong wind readings at landfall, but based...

260 km/h (160 mph), the equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale or a super typhoon. The IMD also estimated a minimum barometric pressure...