Talk:List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes/old version
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A Category 5 hurricane (the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) has sustained winds higher than 155 mph (250 km/h). A hurricane (tropical cyclone) of this intensity is rare in the Atlantic Ocean, occurring about once every three years on average — though four occurred in 2005, the most ever in one season. Only three seasons (1960, 1961 and 2005) have had multiple Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, which includes the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.