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Hurricane Lorenzo 2019
Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · September 23 to October 2, 2019
Lorenzo's hurricane-force winds extended 150 miles from the center, the second-widest hurricane-force field of the 171 Atlantic hurricanes measured this way since 2004. It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. With a peak of 160 mph, it ranked the second-strongest of the 20 storms of the 2019 season.
Strength over time
- First record (low) far out at sea, at 10.9°N, 18.8°W
- Tropical storm far out at sea, at 11.0°N, 21.9°W
- Hurricane far out at sea, at 13.4°N, 33.0°W
- Major hurricane far out at sea, at 15.2°N, 39.8°W
- Peak 1,195 miles east-northeast of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda; lowest pressure 925 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 43.0°N, 28.0°W
- Last record far out at sea, at 54.5°N, 8.2°W
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 2019 season
Storm 13 of 20 in 2019, hurricane 5 of 6; it formed after Karen and before Melissa. Lorenzo produced 24% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, 1,150 miles from the center on September 28 (Category 3 hurricane stage).
Storms within 150 miles of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Also peaked at 160 mph
Of 16 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Michael (2018)919 mb, landfall in Florida
- Ian (2022)937 mb, landfall in Cuba
- Erin (2025)913 mb, landfall in Cape Verde
- Humberto (2025)918 mb, no landfall record