Dean the first Cat 5 Western hemishpere landfall since 1992.

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Andrew was the last, but no more. Hurricane Dean makes landfall as a Category 5 with 165mph winds and a pressure of 906mb which makes Dean the ninth most intense hurricane recored in the Atlantic basin.

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1. From the NHC

SOME HISTORIC NOTES ARE IN ORDER HERE. THE 906 MB
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS THE NINTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR AN ATLANTIC
BASIN HURRICANE...AND THE THIRD LOWEST AT LANDFALL BEHIND THE 1935
LABOR DAY HURRICANE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND HURRICANE GILBERT OF
1988 IN CANCUN MEXICO. DEAN IS ALSO THE FIRST CATEGORY FIVE
HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN SINCE ANDREW OF
1992.

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2. Pretty wild. Here's an article on top hurricanes, only 3 other cat5's known to hit land 1850's on

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200708212121.htm

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Dean was a top-scale Category 5 storm at landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Its maximum sustained winds were 165 mph (265 kph) and gusts reached 200 mph (322 kph). Just before landfall, a Global Positioning System device dropped from a hurricane hunter aircraft found it had a central pressure of 906 millibars, forecasters said.

The only other storms that hit land with a lower pressure were the 1935 hurricane that hit the Florida Keys and Hurricane Gilbert, which hit Cancun, Mexico, in 1988, forecasters said.

Gilbert caused more than 300 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean. The 1935 hurricane was responsible for more than 400 deaths in the Keys, primarily among World War I veterans working on a highway connecting the island chain to the mainland.

Only three other Category 5 storms have been known to hit land: the 1935 hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Andrew had top sustained winds of 165 mph (265 kph) at landfall. Andrew was the second-most expensive hurricane in U.S. history, after Hurricane Katrina...

Thanks for keeping posting stuff last night.