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YEAR DATE AREA CATEGORY DEATHS REMARKS
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1527 NOV UPPER 1 200 Alvez Nunez explorer was cast
COAST ashore on an island called Malhado
(perhaps this was Galveston)
1766 SEP 4 GLS 2/3 Mission destroyed on the shore of
Galveston Bay. Mission was called
San Augustine de Ahumado and was
abandoned after this storm.
1818 SEP 12 GLS 2/3 4 Lafitte's ships sunk or destroyed.
Salt water 4 ft deep in village.
Left only 6 buildings inhabitable.
The entire Island was submerged.
Jean Lafitte moved into done hulk
of a damaged ship so that
his Red House could serve
as a hospital.
1828 LOWER COAST 1 High water at Corpus Christi.
1829 JUL 9 RIO GRANDE
1829 SEP 10 LOWER 1 Coast inundated. High tides at mouth
COAST of Rio Grande. Establishments
destroyed at Port Isabel.
1831 AUG 18 LOWER 1 Struck Gulf Coast near mouth of Rio
COAST Grande. Flooding and destruction of
establishments at Port Isabel.
1834 SEP LOWER 1 Destroyed establishments at Port
COAST Isabel.
1835 AUG 12 GLS 1 Struck Antigua, Cuba, and Galveston.
1835 SEP 13 BRO 1 Center struck south of Brownsville.
1837 SEP 27 ENTIRE 2/3 Severe offshore. Racer's Storm
OCT 10 COAST struck Yucatan, NE Mexico, Corpus
Christi, Galveston, and Mobile.
Destroyed town of Brazos Santiago.
Flooded coast for many miles.
Tides 6 to 7' at Galveston.
Soldiers had to evacuate the
Garrison for higher ground.
1838 SEP LOWER 1 High tides. Flooded and destroyed
establishments at Port Isabel.
1839 NOV 5 GLS 1
1840 SEP BRO 1 Village destroyed mouth of the
Rio Grande..
1842 AUG 30 BRO 1 Severe in Mexico. Struck Victoria,
SEP 8 Mexico. Coast flooded northward
to mouth of Rio Grande. Schooner
"Antje" dismasted so storm was
known as the Antje Hurricane.
1842 SEP 18 GLS 2/3 Tremendous gale drove Gulf over
Galveston Island into the Bay.
Buildings destroyed by the wind.
1842 OCT 5 GLS 1 Lowlands flooded and considerable
damage to buildings and shipping.
1844 AUG 4-6 BRO 2/3 Struck mouth of Rio Grande. Not one
house left standing at the mouth of
river or town of Brazos Santigo on
north end.
1847 OCT GLS 1
1848 OCT 17 LOWER 1 High tides. Island near Port Isabel
COAST flooded with 2 ft. of water.
1854 SEP 15 MATAGORDA 2/3 Matagorda leveled.
-19 Tides at Galveston 8.2'. Many ships
damaged. Water came up to floors
of the Strand in Galveston
1857 PORT ISABEL Tidal Wave reported.
1865 SEP 13 UPPER 2/3 Principal damage was to lower
Sabine River Valley near Orange,
Tx. In Orange, only 3 houses
remained intact.
1866 GLS 1
1867 OCT 1 GLS 2/3 Much of the City of Galveston
-7 flooded. Bagdad and Clarksville,
towns at the mouth of the Rio
Grande were destroyed. Many lives
lost. More than 30 buildings des-
troyed. The Galveston, Houston,
Henderson Railway bridge was
destroyed.
1868 CORPUS House knocked down by storm or
CHRISTI water.
1869 AUG 16 LOWER 2/3 0 Considerable damage to Rockport.
COAST Flooding at Indianola.
1871 JUN 1-5 GLS Rainfall 15.57". Pressure 29.51".
1871 JUN 8-9 UPPER 1 0 Considerable damage in Galveston
COAST and to shipping. Pressure 29.53".
1871 SEP 30 GLS 1 CR Hall sunk; all hands were lost.
-OCT 6 City of Galveston flooded almost
entirely.
1872 SEP PORT 1
ISABEL
1874 JUL 2 INDIAN- 1 Damaged Corpus Christi along water
-4 OLA front (shoreline was eroded back.)
1874 SEP 2 LOWER Center struck Mexico and moved
-7 COAST north-northwest into Texas.
1875 SEP 6 INDIAN- 4 176 Three fourths of the town was swept
-19 OLA away by the storm surge. Pressure
29.03" at Galveston. Galveston
flooded entirely.
1875 SEP 24 ENTIRE 1 Remained offshore of Texas.
-27 COAST
1876 SEP 16 PADRE 2 Heavy gale and storm wave 8 to 10'.
-17 ISLAND
1877 SEP 14 ENTIRE 1 10.5' tides at Indianola.
-21 COAST
1879 AUG 19 UPPER Moved inland near High Island.
-25 COAST
1880 JUN 21 MIDDLE Moved inland near Victoria.
-24 COAST
1880 AUG 4 LOWER 2/3 Center struck Mexico. Lower Texas
-16 COAST coast affected.
1880 OCT 12 BRO 2/3 Brownsville nearly destroyed.
-13 Many lives lost. Telegraph wires
down from Indianola south and up
river from Brownsville.
1881 AUG 11 CORPUS 1 0 Violent Padre Island. Signal blown
-14 CHRISTI down. Flat boat lost.
1884 OCT BRO 16" of rain in Brownsville caused
by a tropical disturbance.
1885 SEP 16 ENTIRE 1 Center remained offshore. Galveston
-23 COAST had 16.53" of rain.
1886 JUN 13 UPPER 1 Center remained offshore. Sabine
-14 COAST flooded. Tide was 9' at Sabine.
1886 AUG 12 ENTIRE 4/5 20+ Destroyed Indianola. Town was never
-21 COAST rebuilt. Not a house remained un-
damaged. Many houses were washed
and scattered over plains back of
town. Much damage to Houston.
1886 SEP 14 LOWER 1 25.98" of rain near Brownsville.
-25 COAST Tidal wave reported at Port Isabel.
Caused little loss of life.
1886 OCT 8- SABINE 2 150 Tidal wave drowned 100 in Sabine.
13 Flooding extended 20 miles inland.
Nearly every house was moved from
its foundation. Tide was 12.4' at
Sabine.
1887 SEP 11 BRO 1 14 Pressure 28.93". 10.78" of rain.
-22
1888 JUN 16 GLS 1 Center moved SW of Galveston. 13.9"
-18 of rain in Houston.
1888 JUL 4 GLS
-6
1891 JUL 3 ENTIRE 1 Part of Galveston flooded.
-17 COAST
1892 SEP 25
-27
1895 AUG 22 LOWER Center hit 80 miles south of BRO.
-29 COAST
1895 OCT 2 ENTIRE Cyclonic storm not of hurricane
-7 COAST intensity passed close to BRO
and struck Galveston area.
1897 SEP 11 UPPER 1 13 Many houses in Port Arthur
-13 COAST destroyed.
1898 SEP 20 GLS
-28
1900 AUG 27 GLS 4/5 6000+ Tides 14.5' at Galveston. Pressure
-SEP 15 was 936 mb and the wind was 120 mph.
6000 of the 38,000 people living in
Galveston were killed.
1901 JUL 2- UPPER Struck west near Victoria and
10 COAST Galveston.
1901 OCT 7- GLS Heavy rainfall 11.6" of rain in
8 6 1/3 hours. 14.10" in 24 hours.
1902 JUN 19 CORPUS 1 Struck Port O' Connor and passed 30
-JUL 1 CHRISTI miles off Rio Grande Delta.
1909 JUN 25 LOWER
-30 COAST
1909 JUL 13 VELASCO 3 41 Half of Velasco destroyed. Galves-
22 ton had 10' tides. Bay City damaged
Pressure 958 mb. Tide 9.0' at
Velasco.
1909 AUG 20 LOWER 2 Major in Mexico over 1500 killed.
-28 COAST Parts of Padre Island washed over
by storm surge.
1910 AUG 23 LOWER Cyclonic storm struck a few miles
-31 COAST south of Rio Grande.
1910 SEP 5 LOWER 2 Padre Island completely flooded.
-14 COAST Struck mouth of Rio Grande. Wind
120 mph. Did little damage inland.
Pressure 965 mb.
1912 OCT 11 LOWER 1 Struck between Mesquite Ricon Is.
-15 COAST and Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay.
Mustang Is. had winds of 100 mph.
Little effect on Corpus Christi
and Brownsville.
1913 JUN 22 LOWER 1 Torrential rains passed inland at
-28 COAST mouth Rio Grande. Surge 12.7' at
Galveston. Record rainfall in
Texas of over 20"
1914 SEP 19 UPPER Storm entered Texas from Louisiana.
COAST The storm came from the Atlantic
and never entered the Gulf of
Mexico.
1915 AUG 5- UPPER 4 275 12' tides flooded Galveston with
24 COAST 5' to 6' in the Business District.
Winds at Galveston were 120 mph.
Pressure 953 mb. The Union Depot
had 6' of water in it. The new
Seawall prevented a repeat of the
1900 disaster.
1916 AUG 12 LOWER 3 20 Padre Island was flooded. Driftwood
-19 COAST appeared on the mainland shore of
Laguna Madre. Steamer Nicaragua was
wrecked on Padre Island. Pressure
948 mb.
1918 AUG 1 UPPER 3 Hurricane made landfall east of
-6 COAST Beaumont. Storm was severe in
Louisiana.
1919 SEP 2 CORPUS 4 300- Passed over Key West. Ten vessels
-15 CHRISTI 600 were lost. Galveston had 44 mph
winds on the 13th. Tides reached
8.8' at Galveston. Pressure was
948 mb. Tides were 16 feet at
Corpus Christi.
1920 SEP 24 ENTIRE 2 Large storm in the Gulf with a
COAST very large pressure system. Storm
made landfall at Houma, La. Tidal
wave reported at Port Isabel.
1921 JUN 15 ENTIRE 1 Landfall near Victoria. Center
-26 COAST passed over Palacious. Wharton
and Wallis. Houston had winds of
49 mph with gust of 60 mph. Port
O'Connor had winds of 110 mph.
Pressure was 929 mbs.
1921 SEP 6 LOWER 275 Most of the people were killed in
-10 COAST flooding. Taylor, Texas had 23.11"
of rain in 24 hours. San Antonio
had 5-9' of water in the downtown
area. 224 people died on the
Bancones Escarpment in Southeast
Texas. Thrall, Texas had 36.41" of
rain.
1922 JUN 13 RIO Rio Grande floods were highest of
-16 GRANDE record.
1925 SEP 6 LOWER Heavy rains in Brownsville.
-7 COAST
1926 AUG 22 UPPER 3 Hurricane moved into Texas from
-27 COAST Louisiana.
1929 JUN 21 PORT O' 1 3 Pressure 982 mb.
-29 CONNOR
1931 JUN 24 LOWER Rain 8.03"
-28 COAST
1932 AUG 11 FREEPORT 4 48 Pressure 941 mb.
-14
1933 JUN 27 LOWER Center passed midway between BRO
-JUL 6 COAST and Tampico causing several deaths.
Tides reached 5' at Port Aransas.
1933 JUL 21 MATAGORDA Heavy rains caused Sabine River
-27 to flood.
1933 JUL 25 BRO 2 Heavy rains damaged Brownsville.
-AUG 5 Pressure 975 mb.
1933 AUG 14 PORT
ARTHUR
1933 AUG 28 BRO 3 40 Many weak buildings destoyed, esp.
-SEP 5 at Harligen. Corpus Christi
flooded with 2' to 3' in the bus-
iness district. Island was
abandoned for ranching on the south
half after this storm. Over 40
overflow channels some a mile wide
were visible on the Island.
Pressure 949 mb. Over 500 people
were injured.
1934 JUL 21 ROCKPORT 2 19 Pressure 975 mb.
-26
1934 AUG 26 ENTIRE Remained offshore.
-SEP 1 COAST
1936 JUN 26 PORT 1 0 Pressure 987 mb.
-27 ARANSAS
1936 SEP 10 LOWER 0 Struck south of Corpus Christi.
-14 COAST
1938 AUG 9- UPPER 1 Hurricane moved into Texas from
14 COAST Louisiana.
1938 AUG 23 UPPER Squalls on the Texas Coast.
-28 COAST
1938 OCT 10 UPPER Moved inland at Freeport.
-17 COAST
1940 AUG 2 UPPER 2 1 Pressure 972 mb.
-10 COAST
1940 SEP 19 UPPER 0 Center remained offshore.
-24 COAST
1941 SEP 11 UPPER 0 Moved inland between Galveston and
-16 COAST Port Arthur. Pressure 1002.7 mb.
1941 SEP 23 TEXAS 3 4 Matagorda had tides of 10.8'.
-24 CITY Pressure 958 mb.
1942 AUG 17 UPPER 1 0 Tides at High Island were 7'.
-22 COAST pressure 992 mb.
1942 AUG 26 MATAGORDA 3 8 Two channels that were made in a
-30 BAY 1933 storm were reopened near
Corpus Christi. Tides at Matagorda
were 14.7'. Pressure 950 mb.
1943 JUL 25 GLS 2/3 19 Texas City had winds of 104 mph.
-29 Pressure 969 mb. Houston had wind
speeds of 85 mph.
1943 SEP 15 UPPER 0 Remained offshore.
-19 COAST
1945 JUL 19 CORPUS Tropical storm moved inland over
-21 CHRISTI Corpus Christi.
1945 AUG 24 MIDDLE 3/4 3 Passed inland 60 miles west of
-29 COAST Houston. Wind damage in eastern
part of Houston. Tides were 15' at
Port Lavaca. Large amount of salt
water came over a 19' bluff.
Pressure 967 mb. 25 people injured.
1946 JUN 14 PORT 0
-16 ARTHUR
1947 JUL 31 LOWER 0 Heavy rainfall. Raymondville had
-AUG 2 COAST 9.78" of rain.
1947 AUG 18 GLS 1 1 Pressure 992 mb at Galveston. Winds
-27 80 mph at Sabine Pass.
1947 SEP 19 UPPER 4 Hurricane moved into Texas from
COAST Louisiana. Severe in Louisiana.
1949 SEP 22 FREEPORT 2 2 Tides 11.5' in Ship Channel. Greens
-OCT 6 Bayou had tides of 10.5". Pressure
972 mb. Texas rice crop damaged.
1950 OCT 1 LOWER
-4 COAST
1954 JUN 24 LOWER 1 38 Hurricane Alice. Record floods in
-28 COAST Rio Grande. 38 deaths in Texas.
26" of rain in South Texas.
1954 JUL 27 UPPER Tropical Storm moved into Texas
-30 COAST from Louisiana. 10" of rain North-
west of Houston.
1955 SEP 6 CORPUS Known as Hurricane Glasscock by the
-7 CHRISTI residents of Corpus Christi. 17.02"
of rain in Fluor Bluff. This storm
has not been recognized by the
National Weather Service.
1957 JUN 25 UPPER 4 9 Hurricane Audrey. Over 500 killed
-28 COAST in Louisiana. Tide at Galveston 6'.
Pressure 945 mb. Flooded Galveston
Airport. 450 people injured in
Texas.
1957 AUG 8 BEAUMONT 2 Tropical Storm Bertha. Made land-
-11 fall on the Texas-Louisiana border.
12.8" of rain in Palestine, Texas.
1958 JUN 14 LOWER 1 Tropical Storm Alma. Pressure 997.3
-16 COAST Medina, Texas 20" of rain. Death in
surf at Galveston.
1958 AUG 30 SOUTH 1 1 Lost shrimp trawler at Galveston.
-SEP 6 TEXAS Hurricane Ella. Flooding in Galves-
ton. Pressure 989 mb.
1959 JUL 22 GLS 1 0 Hurricane Debra moved inland at
-26 Galveston. Pressure 984 mb. Tides
in Galveston Bay 6'. Monyan Port
tide 7.9'. 10 people injured. Rain
14.42" at Orange, Texas.
1960 JUN 22 CORPUS 7 Unnamed tropical storm. Heavy rain
-26 CHRISTI 5-10".
1961 SEP 3- VICTORIA 4 34 Hurricane Carla. 465 injured. Wind
15 175 mph. Tide Port Lavaca 22'.
Pressure 931 mb. Hurricane force
gusts were reported all along the
Texas Coast from a short distance
north of Brownsville to Port
Arthur. 26 tornadoes. Hurricane
Carla is the largest storm on rec-
ord.
1963 SEP 16 HIGH 1 3 Hurricane Cindy. Flood water
-19 ISLAND entered 4000 homes in Jefferson,
Orange, and Newton Counties.
1964 AUG 5- MATAGORDA 0 Tropical Storm Abby. 6.14" of rain
8 at Victoria. Pressure 1000.
1967 SEP 5 BRO 3/4 15 Hurricane Beulah. Wind 150 mph.
-22 Tide 12' at Port Isabel. Pressure
950 mb. 115 tornadoes.
1968 JUN 22 CORPUS 0 Tropical Storm Candy. Pressure 999
-26 CHRISTI mb. 10 tornadoes in Texas, 9 in
other states.
1970 JUL 30 CORPUS 3 11 Hurricane Celia. Wind 130 mph.
-AUG 5 CHRISTI Pressure 950 mb. Tide 9.2' at Port
Aransas. 8 tornadoes. 466 people
injured.
1970 SEP 11 GLS 0 Tropical Storm Felice. Pressure 996
-17 Rainfall 6.25" in Galveston.
1971 SEP 3 MATAGORDA 1 2 Hurricane Fern. Tide at Freeport
-12 6'. Heavy rains. Pressure 979 mb.
1971 SEP 3 ENTIRE 1 Hurricane Edith. Tides 6' at Sabine
-18 COAST Pass.
1973 SEP 1 GLS 5 Tropical Storm Delia. Pressure 986
-6 mb. Tides 5-7' in Galveston Bay.
1973 SEP 9 UPPER Strong tropical depression 15" of
-10 COAST rain in Texas.
1975 AUG 24 LOWER Tropical Storm Caroline. Pressure
-SEP 1 COAST 963 mb. Landfall 100 miles south of
Brownsville. Severe in Mexico.
1978 JUL 30 LOWER 33 Tropical Storm Amelia. Rainfall 26"
-31 COAST in 12 hours north of Abeline. Pres-
sure 1005 mb.
1978 AUG 26 UPPER Tropical Storm Debra. Pressure 1000
-29 COAST mb.
1979 JUL 16 GLS 1 Tropial Storm Claudette. Pressure
-29 997 mb. Rainfall 42" in 24 hours
Alvin, Texas.
1979 AUG 29 MIDDLE 1 5 Troical StormElena. Pressure 1004 mb.
-SEP 1 COAST Houston had 4.6" of rain.
1980 AUG 1 LOWER 3 15 Hurricane Allen. Pressure 945 mb.
-11 COAST Max wind 165 kts. 234 killed in
Caribbean. Tide 12' at Port Mans-
field. 68 wash over channels on
Padre Island. 29 tornadoes. 2 off-
shore oil rigs were destroyed. 13
people killed in crash while evac-
uating.
1980 SEP 4 UPPER 1 Tropical Storm Danielle.
-7 COAST
1983 AUG 15 UPPER 3 21 Hurricane Alicia. Much damage to
-21 COAST Houston. Downtown buildings lost
much glass. 26 tornadoes.
1986 JUN 23 UPPER 1 Hurricane Bonnie.
-26 COAST
1989 JUL UPPER 1 2 Hurricane Chantal. 10"+ of rain in
COAST Houston area. Winds 80-90 mph.
1989 OCT UPPER 1 3 Hurricane Jerry. Very small storm:
COAST 25 miles wide.
1993 JUN 18 LOWER 1 Tropical Storm Arlene.
-21 COAST
1998 SEP 8 MIDDLE 1 Tropical Storm Frances. Over 15"
-13 COAST rainfall in parts of east Texas.
1999 AUG 18 LOWER 4 0 Hurricane Bret. Small storm, less
-25 COAST than 40 miles wide. Landfall in
sparsely populated area. Estimated
$60 million in damages.
2001 JUN 5 UPPER 41 Tropical Storm Allison. Heavy
-17 COAST rainfall led to catastrophic
flooding in SE Texas. 36.99" of
rain at Port of Houston, "500-year"
floods elsewhere. Estimated
$5 billion of damage in Texas
alone.