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Subject: E8) What hurricanes have been at Category Five status the longest ?
Contributed by Neal Dorst
Here are lists of storms which sustained Cat 5 status (winds > 155mph)
the longest for three basins since the start of the reconnaissance era (1944).
These times are based on the six hourly advisories issued by NHC or JTWC.
| Atlantic
| | ALLEN (1980) | 3.00 days
| | IVAN (2004) | 2.50 days
| | DOG (1950) | 2.50 days
| | ISABEL (2003) | 1.75 days
| | DAVID (1979) | 1.75 days
| | MITCH (1998) | 1.75 days
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| | East Pacific
| | IOKE (2006) | 3.00 days
| | PAKA (1997) | 2.50 days
| | JOHN (1994) | 1.75 days
| | OLIWA (1997) | 1.75 days
| | LINDA (1997) | 1.75 days
| | GUILLERMO (1997) | 1.00 days
| | AVA (1973) | 1.00 days
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| | West Pacific
| | NANCY (1961) | 5.50 days
| | KAREN (1962) | 4.25 days
| | SALLY (1954) | 4.00 days
| | DINAH (1959) | 3.75 days
| | NINA (1953) | 3.50 days
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Last updated January 27, 2010
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