You’re right! The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 struck the Florida Keys on September 2 with a pressure of 892 millibars at landfall, making it the most intense hurricane on record to hit the United States. Its maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated at 185 mph.

The most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin was Wilma in 2005, which reached its peak at sea. Wilma made landfall in South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane.

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This train derailed in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys, during the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane.