There was an eight year absence of cat 5 hurricanes from 2008 thru 2015. Officially, the decade with the most Category 5 hurricanes is 2000–2009, with eight Cat

There was an eight year absence of cat 5 hurricanes from 2008 thru 2015. Officially, the decade with the most Category 5 hurricanes is 2000–2009, with eight Category 5 hurricanes having occurred: Isabel (2003), Ivan (2004), Emily (2005), Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Wilma (2005), Dean (2007), and Felix (2007).