Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Jamaica With Winds of 185 mph, Among the Strongest on Record
On October 28, 2025, near New Hope in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica and one of the strongest hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.
Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 21 and reached Category 5 intensity on October 27, before turning slowly north toward Jamaica. In its post-storm tropical cyclone report, the National Hurricane Center said Melissa's minimum central pressure fell to 892 millibars, and that its landfall winds tied the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Dorian of 2019 for the highest sustained winds recorded at an Atlantic hurricane landfall. Melissa was also the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
The report said Melissa's slow motion brought catastrophic wind and storm surge impacts to portions of western Jamaica and produced heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding across portions of the Greater Antilles.
(Source: National Hurricane Center)
Source: National Hurricane Center
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Photo: 图：2025年10月28日，飓风 Melissa 横越牙买加的卫星图，图中轮廓为牙买加。NOAA/CIRA，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Satellite image of Hurricane Melissa crossing Jamaica on October 28, 2025, with the outline of Jamaica shown. NOAA/CIRA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
