Most Intense Storms to Strike the U.S.
Intensity is for time of landfall, the hurricanes may have been stronger at other times
| Rank | Storm Name | Year | Category | Pressure | Areas Effected |
| 1. | Unnamed | 1935 | 5 | 892 | Florida Keys
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| 2. | Camille | 1969 | 5 | 909 | Mississippi, S.E. Louisiana
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| 3. | Andrew | 1992 | 4 | 922 | Southeast Florida, Louisiana
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| 4. | Unnamed | 1919 | 4 | 927 | Florida Keys, South Texas
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| 5. | Unnamed | 1928 | 4 | 929 | Lake Okeechobee, Florida
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| 6. | Donna | 1960 | 4 | 930 | Florida, Eastern U.S.
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| 7. | Unnamed | 1900 | 4 | 931 | North Texas
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| 7. | Unnamed | 1909 | 4 | 931 | Louisiana
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| 7. | Unnamed | 1915 | 4 | 931 | Eastern Louisiana
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| 7. | Carla | 1961 | 4 | 931 | North and Central Texas
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| 11. | Hugo | 1989 | 4 | 934 | South Carolina
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| 12. | Unnamed | 1926 | 4 | 935 | Miama, FL, Miss., Alabama
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| 13. | Hazel | 1954 | 4 | 938 | South Carolina, North Carolina
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| 14. | Unnamed | 1947 | 4 | 940 | Southeast Florida, Louisiana, Miss.
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| 15. | Unnamed | 1932 | 4 | 941 | North Texas
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| 16. | Gloria | 1985 | 3 | 942 | Eastern U.S.
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| 16. | Opal | 1995 | 3 | 942 | Northwest Florida, Alabama
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| 18. | Audrey | 1957 | 4 | 945 | Louisiana, North Texas
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| 18. | Unnamed | 1915 | 4 | 945 | North Texas
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| 18. | Celia | 1970 | 3 | 945 | South Texas
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| 18. | Allen | 1980 | 3 | 945 | South Texas
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| 22. | Unnamed | 1938 | 3 | 946 | New England
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| 22. | Frederic | 1979 | 3 | 946 | Alabama, Mississippi
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| 24. | Unnamed | 1944 | 3 | 947 | Northeast U.S.
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| 24. | Unnamed | 1906 | 3 | 947 | South Carolina, North Carolina
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| 26. | Betsy | 1965 | 3 | 948 | Southeast Florida, Louisiana
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| 26. | Unnamed | 1929 | 3 | 948 | Southeast, and Northwest Florida
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| 26. | Unnamed | 1933 | 3 | 948 | Southeast Florida
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| 26. | Unnamed | 1916 | 3 | 948 | South Texas
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| 26. | Unnamed | 1916 | 3 | 948 | Mississippi, Alabama
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| 31. | Diane | 1984 | 3 | 949 | North Carolina
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| 31. | Unnamed | 1933 | 3 | 949 | South Texas
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| 33. | Beulah | 1967 | 3 | 950 | South Texas
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| 33. | Hilda | 1964 | 3 | 950 | Louisiana
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| 33. | Gracie | 1959 | 3 | 950 | South Carolina
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| 33. | Unnamed | 1942 | 3 | 950 | Central Texas
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| 37. | Unnamed | 1945 | 3 | 951 | Southeast Florida
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| 38. | Unnamed | 1921 | 3 | 952 | Tampa Bay, FL
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| 38. | Carmen | 1974 | 3 | 952 | Louisiana
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| 40. | Edna | 1954 | 3 | 954 | New England
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| 40. | Unnamed | 1949 | 3 | 954 | Southeast Florida
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| 40. | Fran | 1996 | 3 | 954 | North Carolina
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| 43. | Eloise | 1975 | 3 | 955 | Northwest Florida
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| 43. | King | 1950 | 3 | 955 | Southeast Florida
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| 43. | Unnamed | 1926 | 3 | 955 | Louisiana
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| 43. | Unnamed | 1918 | 3 | 955 | Southwest Louisiana
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| 43. | Unnamed | 1910 | 3 | 955 | Southwest Florida
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| 48. | Unnamed | 1933 | 3 | 957 | North Carolina
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| 48. | Unnamed | 1909 | 3 | 957 | Florida Keys
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| 50. | Easy | 1950 | 3 | 958 | Northwest Florida
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| 50. | Unnamed | 1941 | 3 | 958 | North Texas
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| 50. | Unnamed | 1917 | 3 | 958 | Northwest Florida
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| 50. | Unnamed | 1909 | 3 | 958 | North Texas
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| 50. | Unnamed | 1906 | 3 | 958 | Mississippi, Alabama
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| 55. | Elena | 1985 | 3 | 959 | Miss., Alabama, NW Florida
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| 56. | Carol | 1954 | 3 | 960 | Northeast U.S.
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| 56. | Ione | 1955 | 3 | 960 | North Carolina
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| 56. | Emily | 1993 | 3 | 960 | North Carolina
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| 59. | Alicia | 1983 | 3 | 962 | North Texas
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| 59. | Connie | 1955 | 3 | 962 | North Carolina, Virginia
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| 59. | Unnamed | 1944 | 3 | 962 | Southwest and Northeast Florida
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| 59. | Unnamed | 1934 | 3 | 962 | Louisiana
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| 63. | Unnamed | 1948 | 3 | 963 | Southwest and Northeast Florida
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| 64. | Unnamed | 1936 | 3 | 964 | Northwest Florida
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