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Hurricane Felix 2007

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · August 31 to September 5, 2007

No storm in the record came ashore in Nicaragua with stronger winds than Felix's 160 mph landfall on September 4, 2007; 27 storms have a landfall record there. Within 24 hours ending September 3, its winds rose by 100 mph (85 knots), the second-largest one-day gain in the Atlantic record. It reached Category 5 with 175 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. The name Felix is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Felix (2007) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N90°W80°W70°W60°WWillemstadGrenada, 50 mphNicaragua, 160 mphPeak 175 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Felix (2007) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Sep 1Sep 2Sep 3Sep 4Sep 5Sep 6mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 230 miles east-southeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Tropical storm 70 miles south-southeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Landfall Grenada: tropical storm, 50 mph, 1001 mb
  4. Hurricane 150 miles north-northeast of Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela
  5. Major hurricane 95 miles northwest of Oranjestad, Aruba
  6. Peak 155 miles north of Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia; lowest pressure 929 mb
  7. Landfall Nicaragua
  8. No longer tropical (low) 30 miles north of Yoro, Honduras
  9. Last record 50 miles southeast of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind175 mph · tied 11th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure929 mb · tied 53rd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy18.0 · 284th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone4.8 days · tied 939th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2007 season

04080120160200Felix

Storm 6 of 17 in 2007, hurricane 2 of 6; it formed after Erin and before Gabrielle. Felix produced 25% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint first by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 5 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Saint George's, Grenada4 mi50 mphSeptember 1
Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras17 mi35 mphSeptember 5
Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua18 mi150 mphSeptember 4
Oranjestad, Aruba41 mi110 mphSeptember 2
Willemstad, Curacao49 mi105 mphSeptember 2

Every storm within 50 miles of Willemstad, Curacao

Similar landfalls in Nicaragua

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Nicaragua came closest to Felix's 160 mph:

All 27 storms with a landfall record in Nicaragua

Also peaked at 175 mph

Of 8 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: