Hurricanes that hit Burleson County, Texas: hurricane history

30 storms have passed within 50 km of Burleson County from 1882 to 2015, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Burleson County

The record holds 30 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Burleson County, Texas between 1882 and 2015. The busiest month is August, with 9 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 30storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 4at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Burleson County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1343%
Tropical storm1240%
Category 1310%
Category 213%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity13%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Burleson County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1970s.1880s31890s21900s21910s11920s11930s21940s31950s11960s11970s61980s21990s22000s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1882, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1880s3
1890s2
1900s2
1910s1
1920s1
1930s2
1940s3
1950s1
1960s1
1970s6
1980s2
1990s2
2000s3
2010s1

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 9 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun8Jul4Aug9Sep9Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun8
Jul4
Aug9
Sep9
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Burleson County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1900 (North Atlantic)27 August 1900 to 15 September 1900, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 936 hPa
  • Alicia (1983)15 August 1983 to 21 August 1983, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 963 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1915 (North Atlantic)5 August 1915 to 23 August 1915, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1932 (North Atlantic)12 August 1932 to 15 August 1932, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 942 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1897 (North Atlantic)10 September 1897 to 13 September 1897, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt)

Most recent storms near Burleson County

  • Bill (2015)16 June 2015 to 21 June 2015, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 997 hPa
  • Edouard (2008)3 August 2008 to 6 August 2008, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 996 hPa
  • Grace (2003)30 August 2003 to 2 September 2003, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,007 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Burleson County

  • Alicia (1983)15 August 1983 to 21 August 1983, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 963 hPa

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