KINGSTON, Jamaica – With Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes , which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph is classified as a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale . Hurricane Melissa had sustained winds of 165 mph late Monday morning.

What's even more astounding about this year's Category 5 hurricanes is that the last time this happened in a single season, there were more than twice as many named storms, according to FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross .

This is only the second time in modern history to have more than two Category 5 storms in one season. The last time it happened was in 2005, with

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