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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Anita (1977)
29 August 1977 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Anita formed in the North Atlantic basin on 29 August 1977 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 926 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico. It killed at least 10 people.
- Formed
- 29 August 1977
- Dissipated
- 3 September 1977
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 926 hPa
- Deaths
- 10
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Mexico222 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 1Hurricane Babe120 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth