Hurricanes that hit Jim Hogg County, Texas: hurricane history

27 storms have passed within 50 km of Jim Hogg County from 1854 to 2023, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

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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 Jim Hogg County

The record holds 27 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Jim Hogg County, Texas between 1854 and 2023. The busiest month is September, with 11 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 3 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 27storms within 50 km
  • 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 12at 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 Jim Hogg County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression311%
Tropical storm933%
Category 1830%
Category 227%
Category 327%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity311%

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

Jim Hogg County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 1910s.1850s1880s1910s1930s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2023, 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
1850s3
1870s2
1880s1
1890s1
1910s4
1920s1
1930s2
1950s3
1960s1
1970s2
1980s1
1990s2
2000s1
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 11 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun7Jul4Aug5Sep11Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul4
Aug5
Sep11
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Jim Hogg County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1880 (North Atlantic)4 August 1880 to 14 August 1880, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 931 hPa
  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1916 (North Atlantic)12 August 1916 to 20 August 1916, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 932 hPa
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa
  • Bret (1999)18 August 1999 to 25 August 1999, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 944 hPa

Most recent storms near Jim Hogg County

  • Harold (2023)21 August 2023 to 23 August 2023, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 996 hPa
  • Hanna (2020)23 July 2020 to 26 July 2020, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 973 hPa
  • Hermine (2010)3 September 2010 to 10 September 2010, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 990 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 Jim Hogg County

  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa
  • Bret (1999)18 August 1999 to 25 August 1999, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 944 hPa

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