Hurricanes that hit Cherokee County, Texas: hurricane history

25 storms have passed within 50 km of Cherokee County from 1871 to 2026, 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 Cherokee County

The record holds 25 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Cherokee County, Texas between 1871 and 2026. The busiest month is August, with 8 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength.

  • 25storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at 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 Cherokee County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1144%
Tropical storm1248%
Category 114%
Category 214%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

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

Cherokee County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1940s.1870s11880s21910s21920s11930s11940s51950s51970s11980s22000s22010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1871, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1870s1
1880s2
1910s2
1920s1
1930s1
1940s5
1950s5
1970s1
1980s2
2000s2
2010s1
2020s2

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 8 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul4Aug8Sep8Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul4
Aug8
Sep8
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Cherokee County

  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1941 (North Atlantic)17 September 1941 to 27 September 1941, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 989 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1918 (North Atlantic)1 August 1918 to 7 August 1918, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1949 (Eastern and central Pacific)27 September 1949 to 7 October 1949, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 965 hPa
  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa

Most recent storms near Cherokee County

  • Edouard (2026)28 August 2026 to 3 September 2026, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa, provisional
  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Imelda (2019)17 September 2019 to 19 September 2019, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,003 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 Cherokee County

  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Carmen (1974)29 August 1974 to 10 September 1974, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 928 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa

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