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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Janet (1955)
21 September 1955 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Janet formed in the North Atlantic basin on 21 September 1955 and lasted 9 days. Its sustained winds reached 278 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 914 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 21 September 1955
- Dissipated
- 30 September 1955
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 278 km/h (150 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 914 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 5Mexico278 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Connie222 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Ione222 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Hilda194 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Diane167 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth