Hurricane Size Comparison

Tropical Storm Marco (2008) 

• Category 1
• Diameter: 37km/22mi 
• Smallest hurricane ever

Hurricane Franklin (2017) 

• Category 1 
• Diameter: 70km/44mi 
• Cat: 1 Uproot or snap weak trees Topple cars & structures

Hurricane Arthur (2014) 

• Category 2
• Diameter: 90km/56mi
• Cat 2: Uplift roofing material, doors and windows

Cyclone Tracy (1974) 

• Category 3
• Diameter 100km/62mi 
• Cat 3: Uplift roads, lamppost & small vehicles. Causes flooding

Hurricane Otto (2016) 

• Category 3
• Diameter: 180km/112mi
• Claimed at least 23 lives from Costa Rica, Panama & Nicaragua

Cyclone Olivia (1996) 

• Category 4
• Diameter: 220km/137mi
• Fastest wind speed record – 409kmh/254mph

Cyclone Bhola (1970) 

• Category4
• Diameter: 270km/168mi
• Deadliest hurricane ever – 500,000 Deaths

Hurricane Andrew (1992) 

• Category 5
• Diameter: 300km/186mi
• Cat5: Uplift big trees, Cars, trucks  even small buildings. Causes massive flooding

Hurricane Jose (2017)

• Category 4 
• Diameter 350km/217mi
• One of the “Big 3” hurricanes affecting the US in 2017

Hurricane Harvey (2017) 

• Category 4
• Diameter 400km/250mi
• Another of the “Big 3” hurricanes affecting the US 2017

Hurricane Luis (1995) 

• Category 4
• Diameter: 560km/350mi
• Created highest tides – 30m high

Hurricane Katrian (2005) 

• Category 5 
• Diameter: 620km/384mi
• Costliest hurricane - $100 Billion USD

Hurricane Irma (2017) 

• Category 5 
• Diameter: 645km/400mi
• The largest Hurricane currently ongoing (As of sep 2017)

Hurricane Dean (2007) 

• Category 5
• Diameter: 700km/435mi
• Strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Matthew (2016) 

• Category 5
• Diameter: 800km/500mi
• Caused massive damages across Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic & South US

Hurricane Patricia (2015)

• Category5
• Diameter: 1,000km/620mi
• 2nd most intense Hurricane on Earth, Wind speed reaches 345kmh

Hurricane John (1994) 

• Category 5
• Diameter: 1,500km/930mi
• Longest Lasting Hurricane – 31 days. Furthest Travelled Hurricane – 13,000km

Hurricane Sandy (2012) 

• Category 3
• Diameter: 1,800km/1,120mi
• The largest hurricane to hit US

Typhoon Tip (1979)

• Category 5
• Diameter: 2,000km/1,250mi
• The largest & most intense hurricane on Earth

Saturn’s Storm 

• (Category ???) 
• Diameter: 10,000km/6,250mi
• Largest Hurricane in the Solar System. Wind speed exceeds 2000kmh