List of strongest Ardonia arrocanes
This is a list of the strongest Ardonia arrocanes as measured by maximum one-minute sustained winds. Maximum sustained winds are the primary measurement used to determine the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Ardonia basin and form the basis of the Ardonia arrocane wind scale. While maximum sustained winds generally increase as a tropical cyclone's central pressure decreases, the relationship between wind and pressure varies between individual systems.
The strongest tropical cyclone recorded in the Ardonia basin is Arrocane Milton, which attained maximum sustained winds of 200 mph during the 2019 Ardonia arrocane season. Arrocane Gilbert of 2020 ranks second, with maximum sustained winds of 195 mph, followed by Arrocane Arlene of 2019 at 180 mph.
Storms which attained maximum one-minute sustained winds of at least 125 mph are listed below. The list includes tropical cyclones from both the historical and modern records; however, intensity estimates for older tropical cyclones are subject to greater uncertainty due to limitations in historical observations.
Strongest arrocanes
| Rank | Cyclone | Season | Peak classification | Peak 1-min sustained winds |
Minimum pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton | 2019 | Category 5 arrocane
|
200 mph (320 km/h) | 865 mbar (25.54 inHg) |
| 2 | Gilbert | 2020 | Category 5 arrocane
|
195 mph (315 km/h) | 880 mbar (25.99 inHg) |
| 3 | Arlene | 2019 | Category 5 arrocane
|
180 mph (290 km/h) | 899 mbar (26.55 inHg) |
| 4 | Katrina | 2019 | Category 5 arrocane
|
175 mph (280 km/h) | 901 mbar (26.61 inHg) |
| 5 | "Port Kazu" | 1865 | Category 5 arrocane
|
165 mph (265 km/h) | 911 mbar (26.90 inHg) |
| 6 | Lee | 2020 | Category 5 arrocane
|
160 mph (255 km/h) | 918 mbar (27.11 inHg) |
| 7 | Michael | 2020 | Category 4 arrocane
|
155 mph (250 km/h) | 930 mbar (27.46 inHg) |
| 8 | Florence | 2019 | Category 4 arrocane
|
150 mph (240 km/h) | 925 mbar (27.32 inHg) |
| 9 | "Trinity Islands" | 1865 | Category 4 arrocane
|
145 mph (235 km/h) | 929 mbar (27.43 inHg) |
| 9 | Wilma | 2019 | Category 4 arrocane
|
145 mph (235 km/h) | 931 mbar (27.49 inHg) |
| 11 | Rita | 2019 | Category 4 arrocane
|
140 mph (225 km/h) | 937 mbar (27.67 inHg) |
| 12 | Helene | 2020 | Category 4 arrocane
|
130 mph (210 km/h) | 944 mbar (27.88 inHg) |
| 12 | Kirk | 2020 | Category 4 arrocane
|
130 mph (210 km/h) | 949 mbar (28.02 inHg) |
| 14 | Six | 1865 | Category 3 arrocane
|
125 mph (200 km/h) | 951 mbar (28.08 inHg) |
| 14 | Xander | 2019 | Category 3 arrocane
|
125 mph (200 km/h) | 949 mbar (28.02 inHg) |