GLOBAL STORM ARCHIVE · 1950 ONWARD

Category 5 storms

Recorded tracks and intensity histories for 318 hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones.

This collection includes every unique storm in our archive with a Category 5 tropical-stage observation in the US-agency record. The category uses the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, including for storms whose local agencies use different classifications. Peak intensity does not imply a Category 5 landfall. Archive retrieved 2026-09-10. About NOAA IBTrACS ↗

North Atlantic

36 storms · newest seasons first

Eastern Pacific

20 storms · newest seasons first

Western Pacific

217 storms · newest seasons first

North Indian

7 storms · newest seasons first

South Indian

22 storms · newest seasons first

South Pacific

16 storms · newest seasons first