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While the storm was initially listed in the HURDAT as a marginal Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale with no listed pressure, according to the Hurricane Reanalysis Project the hurricane reached Category 5 intensity with 175 mph (280 km/h) southwest of Cuba. After the reanalysis, this hurricane was confirmed as the latest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, surpassing Hurricane Hattie of the 1961 season by six days. It was also, by a significant margin, the strongest storm (and only Category 5 hurricane) ever recorded in the month of November, well ahead of Hurricane Lenny's 933 mbar pressure on November 18, 1999. In addition, such an upgrade made the 1932 season (along with the 1933 season which was also discovered to have such in reanalysis) the first of six seasons with multiple Category 5 hurricanes, along with the 1933, 1960, 1961, 2005 and 2007 seasons.
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