Hurricane (Typhoon) in Texas
Every hurricane (typhoon) event the National Weather Service has filed in Texas, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hurricane (typhoon) episodes in Texas.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 85
- Deaths
- 39
- Injuries
- 2,512
- Damage
- $14 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 12 to 14, 2008The eye of Hurricane Ike moved ashore in Galveston County near the city of Galveston.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, August 25 to 31, 2017Major Hurricane Harvey impacted the Middle Texas coast on August 25th and 26th. Harvey was the first category 4 hurricane to strike Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2020A tropical wave emerged off of Africa during August 16 and then developed into a depression by the 20th. The system gradually became better organized as it passed across the Greater Antilles. It entered the Gulf of Mexico and became a hurricane on the 25th.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, July 25 to 31, 2020Hurricane Hanna, the 2020 Atlantic season's first Hurricane, made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the mid-Kenedy County coastline as a Category 1 storm at around 5 PM Central Time Saturday, July 25th, carrying sustained 90 mph winds with gusts…
- Hurricane in Texas, September 23 to 24, 2005The eye of Hurricane Rita moved ashore in extreme southwest Louisiana between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou In Cameron Parish with a minimum central pressure of 937 mb and maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 13, 2007Hurricane Humberto made landfall as a strong category one hurricane in rural southwestern Jefferson County early in the morning on September 13th, over McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.
- Hurricane in Texas, September 23 to 24, 2005Although Hurricane Rita made landfall just east of the Texas - Louisiana border, she moved northwest and moved across southeast Texas in the morning hours of September 24th as a dangerous category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 12 to 14, 2008Hurricane Ike caused wind damage and significant storm surge flooding across southeast Texas. Ike made landfall near Galveston, TX early in the morning on September 13th as a strong category 2 hurricane.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, July 23 to 28, 2008Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Texas, July 25 to 26, 2020Hurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, October 9, 2020A tropical wave moved into the Caribbean in early October and became a tropical depression by the 5th. The system quickly gained strength and obtained category 4 status before shear weakened it back to a category 2.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, September 13, 2008Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.
- Hurricane in Texas, July 14 to 16, 2003Hurricane Claudette made landfall along the middle Texas coast at Port O'Connor around 10:30 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 15, 2003. Claudette was the first hurricane to strike the Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay area since Hurricane Fern on September 10, 1971.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, August 27, 2020Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…
- Hurricane in Texas, September 24, 2005Hurricane Rita moved onshore the Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of September 24, 2005 and moved northward into portions of East Central Texas during the predawn hours.
- Hurricane and Flood in Texas, August 26 to 31, 2017Hurricane Harvey moved onshore as a Category 4 hurricane over San Jose Island east of Rockport during the late evening of August 25th. Harvey moved inland entering southern DeWitt County during the morning of August 26th as a Category 1 hurricane.
- Hurricane in Texas, September 12 to 13, 2007Humberto was a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall just to the east of High Island early in the morning on September 13th.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Texas, September 13 to 14, 2021Nicholas formed on September 12 in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico, slowly advancing northeastward along the Middle Texas Coast. It eventually made landfall 10 miles west of Sargent just after midnight on September 14, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 75 mph.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Texas, July 15 to 25, 2003Claudette began as a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic and strengthened into a tropical storm as she moved into the central Caribbean Sea.
- Hurricane in Texas, September 1 to 2, 1998Hurricane Earl passed well to the east of southeast Texas, but high tide readings of 3.5 ft MSL caused minor flooding along the coast of Jefferson County, primarily in the Sabine Pass area.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.