Atlantic Category 5 Hurricane Drought Reaches Eight Years

http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/category-five-atlantic-hurricanes-drought-sep2015

Category 5 Hot Spots

Nineteen of the 25 Category 5 hurricanes since 1950 reached that intensity in either the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. This includes the last seven Category 5 hurricanes, from Ivan (2004) through Felix (2007).
Only six hurricanes during that time reached Category 5 intensity outside of that area, including Andrew and Hugo, among others.
So the key for formation of a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane most often is a track through either the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico, where a long track over warm water with minimal land, wind shear or dry air  allows an intense tropical cyclone to develop.
Since 2007's Hurricane Felix through 2015's Hurricane Fred, 54 consecutive Atlantic hurricanes have failed to attain Category 5 status.