![]() The National Hurricane Centre had a peak gust of 164 mph (272 km/h) (measured 130 ft (39.6 m) above the ground) just before the hurricane crippled its measuring devices, while a 177 mph (285 km/h) gust was measured at a private home. A meteorologist living about a mile from the shoreline recorded a gust of 212 mph (341 km/h) before his instruments were destroyed. An automated station at Fowey Rocks reported 142 mph (228 km/h) sustained winds with gusts to 200 mph (321 km/h) (measured 144 ft (43.9 m) above the ground), and higher values may have occurred after the station was damaged and stopped reporting. Intensity is measured solely by central pressureĪndrew's peak winds in south Florida were not directly measured due to destruction of the measuring instruments. ![]() Reports from private barometers helped establish that Andrew's central pressure at landfall in Homestead, Florida, was 27.23 inches (922 hPa), which at the time made it the third most intense hurricane on record to hit the United States (it has since fallen to fourth, as of 2005 Katrina). Andrew then turned northeastward, eventually merging with a frontal system over the mid-Atlantic states on August 28. This motion brought Andrew to the central Louisiana coast (near Morgan City) on August 26 as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115mph. The hurricane continued westward into the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 4 hurricane, where it gradually turned northward. While crossing the Gulf Stream, however, Andrew quickly regained its strength, and briefly regained Category 5 status as it made landfall over south Florida on August 24 with 165 mph (265 km/h) winds and pressure of 922 mbar (hPa). The storm weakened after its second landfall, maintaining strong winds but with the pressure rising to 937 mbar. history until it was surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in the 2005 season.Īndrew made landfall twice while moving through the Bahamas, crossing Eleuthera with 160 mph (260 km/h) winds and passing through the Berry Islands at Great Harbour Cay with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h). landfall records, Andrew remained the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. With a central pressure ranking as the fourth lowest in U.S. Andrew's damage cost totaled $26 billion in 1992 ($45 billion in 2005 US dollars), mostly in south Florida. Striking as the first named storm of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season in August 1992, Andrew caused damage in the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida south of Miami, and south-central Louisiana. ![]() history, and the final of three Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States in the 20th century. Hurricane Andrew was the second most destructive hurricane in U.S. $26 billion (1992 USD) $45 billion (2005 USD)īahamas South Florida, Louisiana, and other areas of the Southern United States Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas and Florida at peak intensity
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