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Saffir–Simpson scale

Quality:

Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale - System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage. Article “Saffir–Simpson scale” in Simple English Wikipedia has 37.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 6228th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Saffir–Simpson scale”, its content was written by 32 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (6228th place) and edited by 2022 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 584 times in Simple English Wikipedia (3186th place) and cited 15927 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #241 in December 2020
  • Global: #127 in September 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #2036 in March 2014
  • Global: #49 in September 2017

There are 42 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
66.4916
2Korean (ko)
사피어-심프슨 허리케인 등급
47.5826
3Portuguese (pt)
Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson
47.5822
4Indonesian (id)
Skala Saffir–Simpson
46.5746
5Russian (ru)
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
39.7956
6Romanian (ro)
Scara Saffir-Simpson
37.5578
7Simple English (simple)
Saffir–Simpson scale
37.512
8Tamil (ta)
சபீர் சிம்சன் சூறாவளித் தரப்படுத்தல்
35.3253
9Serbian (sr)
Сафир—Симпсонова скала урагана
33.6392
10Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
31.9952
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Saffir–Simpson scale" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
10 695 074
2Spanish (es)
Escala de huracanes de Saffir-Simpson
2 047 157
3French (fr)
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
772 530
4Portuguese (pt)
Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson
542 369
5Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
475 336
6Russian (ru)
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
470 910
7German (de)
Saffir-Simpson-Hurrikan-Windskala
468 211
8Polish (pl)
Skala Saffira-Simpsona
338 367
9Japanese (ja)
サファ・シンプソン・ハリケーン・ウィンド・スケール
231 979
10Italian (it)
Scala Saffir-Simpson
225 692
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Saffir–Simpson scale" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
11 636
2Spanish (es)
Escala de huracanes de Saffir-Simpson
1 852
3Japanese (ja)
サファ・シンプソン・ハリケーン・ウィンド・スケール
1 341
4Russian (ru)
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
1 199
5French (fr)
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
1 036
6Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
957
7German (de)
Saffir-Simpson-Hurrikan-Windskala
754
8Polish (pl)
Skala Saffira-Simpsona
466
9Portuguese (pt)
Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson
454
10Italian (it)
Scala Saffir-Simpson
371
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Saffir–Simpson scale" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
795
2French (fr)
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
145
3Spanish (es)
Escala de huracanes de Saffir-Simpson
134
4German (de)
Saffir-Simpson-Hurrikan-Windskala
101
5Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
89
6Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Saffir-Simpson
63
7Russian (ru)
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
62
8Korean (ko)
사피어-심프슨 허리케인 등급
49
9Danish (da)
Saffir-Simpson-skalaen
43
10Czech (cs)
Saffirova–Simpsonova stupnice
42
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Saffir–Simpson scale" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
2
2Bulgarian (bg)
Скала на Сафир-Симпсън
1
3English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
1
4Basque (eu)
Urakan haizeen Saffir-Simpson eskala
1
5French (fr)
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
1
6Hebrew (he)
סולם ספיר-סימפסון
1
7Dutch (nl)
Schaal van Saffir-Simpson
1
8Romanian (ro)
Scara Saffir-Simpson
1
9Arabic (ar)
مقياس سفير-سمبسون
0
10Belarusian (be)
Шкала ўраганаў Сафіра — Сімпсана
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Saffir–Simpson scale" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Saffir–Simpson scale
4 520
2Chinese (zh)
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级
3 241
3Portuguese (pt)
Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson
1 071
4Spanish (es)
Escala de huracanes de Saffir-Simpson
916
5French (fr)
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
873
6Simple English (simple)
Saffir–Simpson scale
584
7Ukrainian (uk)
Шкала ураганів Саффіра — Сімпсона
547
8Vietnamese (vi)
Thang bão Saffir–Simpson
449
9Russian (ru)
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
439
10Korean (ko)
사피어-심프슨 허리케인 등급
416
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مقياس سفير-سمبسون
beBelarusian
Шкала ўраганаў Сафіра — Сімпсана
bgBulgarian
Скала на Сафир-Симпсън
caCatalan
Escala d'huracans de Saffir-Simpson
csCzech
Saffirova–Simpsonova stupnice
daDanish
Saffir-Simpson-skalaen
deGerman
Saffir-Simpson-Hurrikan-Windskala
elGreek
Κλίμακα Σαφίρ-Σίμπσον
enEnglish
Saffir–Simpson scale
eoEsperanto
Skalo de Saffir-Simpson
esSpanish
Escala de huracanes de Saffir-Simpson
euBasque
Urakan haizeen Saffir-Simpson eskala
faPersian
مقیاس سافیر–سیمپسون
fiFinnish
Saffirin–Simpsonin hurrikaaniasteikko
frFrench
Échelle de Saffir-Simpson
glGalician
Escala de furacáns Saffir-Simpson
heHebrew
סולם ספיר-סימפסון
huHungarian
Saffir–Simpson-féle hurrikánskála
idIndonesian
Skala Saffir–Simpson
itItalian
Scala Saffir-Simpson
jaJapanese
サファ・シンプソン・ハリケーン・ウィンド・スケール
koKorean
사피어-심프슨 허리케인 등급
ltLithuanian
Safiro-Simpsono skalė
msMalay
Skala Taufan Saffir-Simpson
nlDutch
Schaal van Saffir-Simpson
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Saffir–Simpson-skalaen
noNorwegian
Saffir–Simpson-skalaen
plPolish
Skala Saffira-Simpsona
ptPortuguese
Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson
roRomanian
Scara Saffir-Simpson
ruRussian
Шкала ураганов Саффира — Симпсона
shSerbo-Croatian
Saffir-Simpsonova skala uragana
simpleSimple English
Saffir–Simpson scale
skSlovak
Saffirova-Simpsonova hurikánová stupnica
srSerbian
Сафир—Симпсонова скала урагана
svSwedish
Saffir–Simpsons orkanskala
taTamil
சபீர் சிம்சன் சூறாவளித் தரப்படுத்தல்
thThai
มาตราเฮอริเคนแซฟเฟอร์–ซิมป์สัน
trTurkish
Saffir-Simpson Kasırga Ölçeği
ukUkrainian
Шкала ураганів Саффіра — Сімпсона
viVietnamese
Thang bão Saffir–Simpson
zhChinese
萨菲尔-辛普森飓风风力等级

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2036
03.2014
Global:
#49
09.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#241
12.2020
Global:
#127
09.2017

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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