🌀 Felix · Category 5 · 175 mph
Hurricane Felix was an extremely powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which became the southernmost-landfalling Category 5 storm on record. It was the sixth named storm, second hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Felix formed from a tropical wave on August 31, passing through the southern Windward Islands on September 1 before strengthening to attain hurricane status. On the next day, Felix rapidly strengthened into a major hurricane, and early on September 3 it was upgraded to Category 5 status; at 21:00 UTC on the same day, the hurricane was downgraded to Category 4 status, but strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane for the second and final time by the morning of September 4. Category 5 hurricane: peak winds of 175 mph (150 knots), lowest pressure 929 mb. August 31 – September 6, 2007. Landfalls: September 1 at 50 mph, 12.1°N 61.7°W; September 4 at 160 mph, 14.3°N 83.2°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 18.0. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL062007 (public domain).