Can winds of hurricanes get up to 500 kilometers per hour?

Answer 1

500 km is a distance, not a speed. Presumeably, however, you mean 500 km/h. While 500 km/h winds have not yeat been detected in a tornado, it is probably possible. Winds have been recorded as high as 486 km/h, and only a small percentage of tornadoes have their winds actually measured.

Answer 2

No. The highest sustained wind speed recorded in a hurricane or typhoon was 315 km/h. The highest gust was to 407 km/h.

Tornadoes, on the other hand, can produce winds in that range. The highest wind speed recorded in a tornado was to 486 km/h. Considering that actual measurements of tornadic wind speeds are rare, gusts in excess of 500 km/h probably do occur.

Answer 3

The first question in this case is 500 what? The three common units used for hurricane wind speed are knots, miles per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour. If it is any of these, then no. The highest sustained wind speed recorded in a hurricane or typhoon is 195 mph (170 knots, 315 km/h). The highest gust on record (not used in ratings) was to 253 mph (220 knots, 407 km/h).

Regardless of strength, there is no such thing as a category 6 hurricane. Any hurricane with sustained winds over 156 mph (135 knots, 251 km/h) is a category 5, regardless of how much stronger it is.

Answer 4

Yes, the strongest hurricane winds can reach speeds of 250 kilometers per hour or more. However, winds of 500 kilometers per hour would be exceptionally rare even in the most intense hurricanes.

Answer 5

No. The fastest winds known to occur in a hurricane are in the range of 190-200 mph.

Not even tornadoes, which have the fastest wind on earth can produce such speeds.

Answer 6

No. While this was believed by some scientiststs in the 1950s, modern evidence indicates that the fastest wind speeds in tornadoes are a bit over 300 mph.

Answer 7

no it cant