Hurricane Allen 1980 - The strongest Hurricane Ever
Hurricane Allen had the Atlantic's most powerful recorded sustained winds. The storm, which formed in 1980, had peak winds of 190 miles per hour and a barometric pressure reading of 899 millibars.
Hurricane Allen was so large it covered the western Gulf Of Mexico August 8, 1980.
Hurricane Allen is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Allen reached Category Five intensity three times during it's life-cycle, first in the Eastern Caribbean, then in the Yucatan Channel where a minimum pressure of 899mb (26.55in) was recorded, and finally in the western Gulf of Mexico.
