Meteorologist Derek Beasley

From a wind standpoint few hurricanes reach and maintain this intensity at landfall. is tied with Dorian (2019) and the Labor Day (1935) as the storms with the highest landfall wind speeds. From a lowest landfall pressure standpoint, Melissa and the Labor Day Hurricane hold that title.

now has winds of 185 MPH and a pressure of 892 mb. This makes it tied for the 3rd strongest Atlantic Hurricane on record with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane.

Incredible storm.