Hurricane Jose (2017) (GiedriusforCat5's entry for Hurricane Challenge)

Hurricane Jose was one of the three Atlantic Category 5s in 2017 and the costliest hurricane ever, as it smashed through the Antilles as a Category 5 and later directly impacted New York City at Category 2 intensity. It was the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Nadine in 2012. Jose was the tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Jose developed into a tropical storm on September 5 from a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa nearly a week prior. A period of rapid intensification ensued on September 6, when Jose reached hurricane intensity. It became a major later that day. It became a Category 4 at September 8. It became a Category 5 at September 9th, and shortly after that it made landfall in Barbuda, which was devastated by Irma, and passed close to Antigua. It then peaked as a 165 mph 931 mbar Category 5, before directly hitting St. Martin, which was also devastated by Irma. Later that day it weakened below Category 5 intensity, and in September 11 below major intensity altogether. It then made a cyclonic loop, and then approached NYC, slowly making landfall as a Category 2 in September 21st. It became extratropical at September 22nd.

It caused 205.7 billion dollars in damages and 35 fatalities, most of them in New York City.

It was retired and replaced by Joshua.