Hurricanes that hit Montgomery County, Texas: hurricane history

46 storms have passed within 50 km of Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

The record holds 46 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Montgomery County, Texas between 1854 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 13 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 46storms within 50 km
  • 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 15at 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 Montgomery County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1226%
Tropical storm1839%
Category 1920%
Category 249%
Category 312%
Category 412%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity12%

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

Montgomery County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 8 in 1940s.1850s1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

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
1870s2
1880s2
1890s3
1900s1
1910s1
1920s1
1930s2
1940s8
1950s4
1960s1
1970s5
1980s6
1990s1
2000s4
2010s1
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 13 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun7Jul12Aug11Sep13Oct3Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul12
Aug11
Sep13
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Montgomery County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1900 (North Atlantic)27 August 1900 to 15 September 1900, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 936 hPa
  • Alicia (1983)15 August 1983 to 21 August 1983, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 963 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1949 (Eastern and central Pacific)27 September 1949 to 7 October 1949, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 965 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of July 1943 (North Atlantic)25 July 1943 to 30 July 1943, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 967 hPa

Most recent storms near Montgomery 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
  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 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 Montgomery County

  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Alicia (1983)15 August 1983 to 21 August 1983, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 963 hPa
  • Allison (2001)5 June 2001 to 19 June 2001, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 1,000 hPa

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