Did you know ...

• of the 13 named storms in the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, 6 were major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale)?
• the 1959 Mexico Hurricane is the only known East Pacific hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5?
• there is a disagreement on whether Hurricane Emilia was a Category 5 hurricane?
• having reached peak windspeed on September 6, 1959, Hurricane Patsy is the earliest known Category 5 Pacific hurricane?
• despite being a major hurricane at landfall, 1999's Hurricane Bret only did minor damage because it hit a sparsely-inhabited area?
• Tropical Storm Bertha, the second tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, was one of only 3 tropical cyclones to make landfall on both Louisiana and Texas, with the others being Allison (2001) and Fern (1971)?
• Typhoon Choi-wan was the first Category 5 equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale during 2009?
• after a recent re-analysis, a hurricane in 1924 was found to be the earliest known Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, as well as the strongest hurricane on record to strike Cuba?
• Hurricane Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane that killed 1,122 people in Haiti in 1994 and that the hurricane name was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization?