Hurricane Dean was the most powerful and destructive tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It ties with Hurricane Mitch for the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane by atmospheric pressure. Additionally, it made the fifth most intense landfall in the basin by central pressure. A Cape Verde hurricane that formed on August 13, 2007, Dean took a west-northwest path from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lucia Channel and into the Caribbean Sea. It strengthened into a major hurricane, reaching Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale before passing just south of Jamaica on August 20. The storm made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula on August 21 at peak intensity. It crossed the peninsula and emerged into the Bay of Campeche weakened, but still remained a hurricane. It strengthened briefly before making a second landfall near Tecolutla in the Mexican state of Veracruz on August 22. Dean drifted to the northwest, weakening into a remnant low which dissipated uneventfully over the southwestern United States. Dean was the second-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide of 2007 in terms of pressure, only behind Cyclone George in the Australian region, and tied with Felix as the most intense worldwide in terms of 1-minute sustained winds. Category 5 hurricane: peak winds of 175 mph (150 knots), lowest pressure 905 mb. August 13 – August 23, 2007. Landfalls: August 21 at 175 mph, 18.7°N 87.7°W; August 22 at 100 mph, 20.5°N 97.0°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 35.2. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL042007 (public domain).