SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains

A very active spring pattern with tropical concerns across the Pacific. Heavy rainfall will continue to impact Hawaii this weekend. Meanwhile we continue to monitor a developing typhoon that may affect Guam into early next week. For the Lower 48, heavy snow for mountains of California this weekend, increase threat for severe thunderstorms next week for the Plains and record warmth spreads east. Read More >

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 2 / E of Matagorda	6/17/88	Pk. Wnd - 85 kt Pressure - NA	Struck just outside of Matagorda Bay
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / W of Freeport	7/5/88	Pk. Wnd - 50 kt Pressure - NA	Struck Freeport area
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Sabine Pass	6/14/86	Pk. Wnd - 50 kt Pressure - NA	50 mph winds at Galveston
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 2 / W of Port O'Connor	8/20/86	Pk. Wnd - 85 kt Pressure - 984mb	Destroyed Indianola
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 2 / S of LCH	10/12/86	Pk. Wnd - 85 kt Pressure - NA	150 killed; flooding up to 20 miles inland
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. NA / Remained offshore	9/20/85	Pk. Wnd - NA Pressure - NA	Produced 6" of rain in Galveston
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. NA / Corpus Christi	8/13/81	Pk. Wnd - NA Pressure - NA	Called a "violent hurricane"
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. NA / Matagorda	6/24/80	Pk. Wnd - NA kt Pressure - 984mb	Produced 5.2" of rain in Galveston

NAME

CLASS /
LANDFALL

DATE

DATA
(kts/mbs)

AFFECTS

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
E of Matagorda

6/17/88

Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - NA

Struck just outside of Matagorda Bay

T. STORM

Tropical Storm /
W of Freeport

7/5/88

Pk. Wnd - 50 kt
Pressure - NA

Struck Freeport area

T. STORM

Tropical Storm /
Sabine Pass

6/14/86

Pk. Wnd - 50 kt
Pressure - NA

50 mph winds at Galveston

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
W of Port O'Connor

8/20/86

Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - 984mb

Destroyed Indianola

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
S of LCH

10/12/86

Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - NA

150 killed; flooding up to 20 miles inland

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Remained offshore

9/20/85

Pk. Wnd - NA
Pressure - NA

Produced 6" of rain in Galveston

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Corpus Christi

8/13/81

Pk. Wnd - NA
Pressure - NA

Called a "violent hurricane"

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Matagorda

6/24/80

Pk. Wnd - NA kt
Pressure - 984mb

Produced 5.2" of rain in Galveston

Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains

SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1880s

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1880s