SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

The second storm will track across central and eastern portion of the country this weekend. Heavy wintry precipitation will affect the northern Plains to the upper peninsula of Michigan. Severe thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of the cold front, where very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible from the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to southern Plains. Read More >

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / SW LA	8/14/38	Pk. Wnd - 65 kt Pressure - NA	High tides only effect along upper TX coast
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Freeport	10/17/38	Pk. Wnd - 35 kt Pressure - 1006mb	Only produced squally weather
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1* / Aransas Pass	7/25/34	Pk. Wnd - 60 kt Pressure - 998mb	19 deaths and many injuries; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 1 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Remained offshore parallel to GLS coast	8/27/34	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - NA	Only impact on TX coast was high tides and small amounts of rain
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Just E of Matagorda	7/23/33	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - NA	Great rain producer; averaged 12.5" over 25,000 sq. mile area
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 4 / Central GLS Island	8/14/32	Pk. Wnd - 125 kt Pressure - 925mb	40 killed; $7.5 million damage

NAME

CLASS /
LANDFALL

DATE

DATA
(kts/mbs)

AFFECTS

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
SW LA

8/14/38

Pk. Wnd - 65 kt
Pressure - NA

High tides only effect along upper TX coast

T. STORM

Tropical Storm /
Freeport

10/17/38

Pk. Wnd - 35 kt
Pressure - 1006mb

Only produced squally weather

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 1* /
Aransas Pass

7/25/34

Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 998mb

19 deaths and many injuries; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 1 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Remained offshore parallel to GLS coast

8/27/34

Pk. Wnd - 70 kt
Pressure - NA

Only impact on TX coast was high tides and small amounts of rain

T. STORM

Tropical Storm /
Just E of Matagorda

7/23/33

Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - NA

Great rain producer; averaged 12.5" over 25,000 sq. mile area

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 4 /
Central GLS Island

8/14/32

Pk. Wnd - 125 kt
Pressure - 925mb

40 killed; $7.5 million damage

Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1930s

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1930s