Hurricanes that hit Garland County, Arkansas: hurricane history

19 storms have passed within 50 km of Garland County from 1886 to 2024, 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 Garland County

The record holds 19 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Garland County, Arkansas between 1886 and 2024. The busiest month is August, with 6 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 19storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at 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 Garland County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1474%
Tropical storm526%
Category 100%
Category 200%
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).

Garland County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1940s.1880s11890s11900s11910s21920s11940s31950s11970s11980s12000s22010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1886, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1880s1
1890s1
1900s1
1910s2
1920s1
1940s3
1950s1
1970s1
1980s1
2000s2
2010s3
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 6 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul2Aug6Sep6Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul2
Aug6
Sep6
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Garland County

  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1886 (North Atlantic)4 October 1886 to 15 October 1886, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1920 (North Atlantic)16 September 1920 to 23 September 1920, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 975 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1905 (North Atlantic)24 September 1905 to 30 September 1905, peak Tropical storm (45 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1941 (North Atlantic)17 September 1941 to 27 September 1941, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 989 hPa

Most recent storms near Garland County

  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Barry (2019)10 July 2019 to 16 July 2019, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 993 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 Garland County

  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa

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