MAJOR HURRICANES TO ENTER THE GULF COAST (1900 - 2003)

[Mattie]

Winds 111 mph or greater

Barometric pressure under 28.50 inches (965 mb)

(Ranked by Barometric Pressure at Landfall)

Storm/Date/Lowest Pressure/
Sustained Winds Areas Effected Rank
8/17/1969 - CAMILLE. 26.84/909 mb - 190-Mph. Mississippi. 1
9/9/1900. 27.49/931 mb - Texas. 2
9/11/1961- CARLA. 27.49/931 mb - 140-Mph. Texas. 2
9/29/1915. 27.49/931 mb - Louisiana.
2
9/20/1909. 27.49/931 mb - Louisiana. 2
8/15/1932. 27.79/941 mb - Texas. 3
10/4/1995 - OPAL. 27.83/942 mb - 115-Mph. Florida Panhandle 4
6/27/1957- AUDREY. 27.91/945 mb - Louisiana. 5
8/3/1970- CELIA. 27.91/945 mb - 125- Mph. Texas. 5
8/16/1915- 27.91/945 mb - Texas 5
8/9/1980 - ALLEN.. 27.91/945 mb - 115-Mph. Texas 5
9/11/1979 - FREDERIC. 27.94/946 mb - 130- Mph. Alabama. 6
9/9/1965 - BETSY. 28.00/948 mb - 125-Mph. Louisiana. 7
9/17/1916- 28.00/948 mb - Texas. 7
7/6/1916. 28.00/948 mb - Alabama. 7
9/7/1933. 28.03/949 mb - Texas. 8
9/20/1967-BEULAH. 28.05/950 mb - 120-Mph. Texas. 9
10/3/1964 - HILDA. 28.05/950 mb - 115-Mph. Louisiana. 9
8/30/1942. 28.05/950 mb Texas. 9
8/23/1999 - BRET. 28.08/951 mb - 115-Mph. Texas. 10
9/8/1974 - CARMEN. 28.11/952 mb - 120-Mph. Louisiana. 11
9/23/1975 - ELOISE. 28.20/955 mb - 125-Mph. Florida Panhandle 12
9/30/1926. 28.20/955 mb - Louisiana. 12
9/1918. 28.20/955 mb - Louisiana. 12
8/26/1992 - ANDREW. 28.23/956 mb - 115-Mph. Louisiana. 13
9/1941. 28.29/958 mb - Texas. 14
9/1917. 28.29/958 mb - Florida Panhandle 14
9/1909. 28.29/958 mb - Texas. 14
9/24/1906. 28.29/958 mb - Alabama/Mississippi. 14
9/2/1985 - ELENA. 28.32/959 mb - 115-Mph. Alabama/Mississippi. 15
8/18/1983 - ALICIA. 28.41/962 mb - 115-Mph. Texas. 16
9/11/1934. 28.41/962 mb - Louisiana. 16
9/6/1936. 28.47/964 mb - Florida Panhandle 16

More interesting statistics can be found @ http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/gulfcoast.htm

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Most of those storms occurred in the same month... September



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