Hurricane Michael: By The Numbers

Here are some of the records and statistics associated with Hurricane Michael:

• The storm was the 3rd most intense hurricane to strike the United States behind the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969.
• It is the strongest storm to hit the continental United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which had winds of 165 mph at landfall.
• It tied Hurricane Maria and a typhoon in 1900 for the 6th strongest tropical cyclone to impact the United States, including U.S. territories.
• The 4th strongest hurricane, concerning wind speeds, to hit the United States.

• It was the 2nd most intense landfall in the North Atlantic Basin in October, behind the 1924 Cuba Hurricane.