How many miles wide was hurricane andrew?

About 425 miles wide, Irma is significantly larger than Hurricane Andrew, which devastated parts of South Florida in 1992. Andrew’s top sustained winds were 175 mph, as were Hurricane Katrina’s in 2005. read more

Hurricane Andrew’s winds were thought to be 145 miles per hour at its height, but the data was revisited in 2002 and determined to be 165 miles per hour. This bumped the hurricane's previous ranking from a Category 4 to a Category 5. The morning of Aug. 24, 1992, a storm tide of 4 to 6 feet was measured in Biscayne Bay. read more

It was the costliest hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the United States until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005. Andrew caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana, but the greatest impact was felt in South Florida, with sustained wind speeds as high as 165 mph (270 km/h). read more