Atlantic 2025 season
Hurricane Melissa (2025)
Hurricane Melissa was a Category 5 hurricane at its peak, with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (165 kt) and a minimum central pressure of 892 mb. It was active from Oct 21, 2025 to Nov 1, 2025 and made 4 documented landfalls.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Hurricane — Category 5 |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 165 kt / 190 mph / 306 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 892 mb |
| Active dates | Oct 21, 2025 – Nov 1, 2025 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 39.1 |
| Documented landfalls | 4 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Melissa 2025. Nothing is estimated. The best-track table below shows one entry per day at 00:00 UTC; the full six-hourly record lives in the HURDAT2 database.
Best-track table (daily, 00:00 UTC)
| Date | Status | Max winds | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | Tropical storm | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 14.1N 73.3W |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Tropical storm | 45 kt (83 km/h) | 14.3N 74.5W |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Tropical storm | 40 kt (74 km/h) | 15.7N 75.5W |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Tropical storm | 55 kt (102 km/h) | 16.1N 74.7W |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Hurricane | 90 kt (167 km/h) | 16.4N 75.7W |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Hurricane | 125 kt (232 km/h) | 16.3N 77.3W |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Hurricane | 155 kt (287 km/h) | 16.5N 78.6W |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Hurricane | 105 kt (194 km/h) | 18.8N 77.1W |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Hurricane | 80 kt (148 km/h) | 23.5N 74.8W |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Hurricane | 80 kt (148 km/h) | 31.3N 68.7W |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Extratropical | 70 kt (130 km/h) | 43.7N 56.0W |
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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 5 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.