Hurricanes that hit Jasper County, Texas: hurricane history

45 storms have passed within 50 km of Jasper County from 1854 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 Jasper County

The record holds 45 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Jasper County, Texas between 1854 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 19 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 45storms within 50 km
  • 4major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 13at 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 Jasper County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression920%
Tropical storm2249%
Category 1613%
Category 237%
Category 349%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity12%

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

Jasper County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1970s.1850s1870s1890s1920s1940s1970s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1854, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s1
1860s2
1870s3
1880s3
1890s4
1910s2
1920s1
1930s1
1940s3
1950s5
1970s6
1980s5
2000s4
2010s2
2020s3

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 19 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun7Jul6Aug9Sep19Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul6
Aug9
Sep19
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Jasper County

  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1886 (North Atlantic)4 October 1886 to 15 October 1886, peak Category 3 (105 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1918 (North Atlantic)1 August 1918 to 7 August 1918, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Rita (2005)18 September 2005 to 26 September 2005, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 897 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1865 (North Atlantic)4 September 1865 to 14 September 1865, peak Category 2 (90 kt)

Most recent storms near Jasper County

  • Edouard (2026)28 August 2026 to 3 September 2026, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa, provisional
  • Bertha (2026)17 July 2026 to 24 July 2026, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 995 hPa, provisional
  • Nicholas (2021)12 September 2021 to 17 September 2021, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 988 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 Jasper County

  • Rita (2005)18 September 2005 to 26 September 2005, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 897 hPa
  • Ivan (2004)2 September 2004 to 24 September 2004, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 910 hPa
  • Carmen (1974)29 August 1974 to 10 September 1974, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 928 hPa
  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa

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