What was the name of the strongest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere?
Q: What was the name of the strongest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere?
A: The strongest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere was named Hurricane Wilma.
Q: When did Hurricane Wilma form?
A: Hurricane Wilma formed during the second week of October 2005.
Q: How quickly did it strengthen?
A: In a 30-hour period, Hurricane Wilma underwent explosive deepening and its central atmospheric pressure dropped from 982 mbar (29.00 inHg) to 882 mbar (26.05 inHg), while its winds increased to 185 mph (300 km/h).
Q: What was the size of its eye when it was at its strongest?
A: At its strongest, the pinhole eye of Wilma was about 3 miles (5 km) in diameter, which is the smallest known eye for an Atlantic hurricane.
Q: Where did Wilma make landfall?
A: On October 21, Hurricane Wilma made landfall on Cozumel and on the Mexican mainland with winds of about 150 mph (240 km/h).
Q: Where did it enter into after crossing Florida?
A: After crossing Florida, Hurricane Wilma entered into the southern Gulf of Mexico before speeding up northeastward.
Q: When did it turn into an extratropical cyclone? A: On October 26, Hurricane Wilma turned into an extratropical cyclone and then on October 27th, its remnants were absorbed by another extratropical storm over Atlantic Canada.
