On November 8, 2008, Hurricane Paloma ballooned into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 230 kilometers per hour (145 miles per hour) and stronger gusts.
Although it arrived several weeks shy of the official start of the hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Andrea became the first named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. By May 9, the storm’s winds reached 75 kilometers per hour (45 miles per hour).