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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Lee (2023)
5 September 2023 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Lee formed in the North Atlantic basin on 5 September 2023 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 269 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 926 hPa. It made landfall in Canada.
- Formed
- 5 September 2023
- Dissipated
- 18 September 2023
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 269 km/h (145 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 926 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSCanada93 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Franklin241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Idalia213 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Tammy176 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Nigel157 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Don120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Ophelia111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Gert93 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Harold93 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth