Hurricanes that hit Real County, Texas: hurricane history

8 storms have passed within 50 km of Real County from 1851 to 2007, 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 Real County

The record holds 8 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Real County, Texas between 1851 and 2007. The busiest month is June, with 3 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 8storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at 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 Real County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression225%
Tropical storm450%
Category 1113%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity113%

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

Real County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 1 in 1850s.1850s11890s11910s11920s11940s11970s11990s12000s1

The 2000s only run to 2007, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1851, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s1
1890s1
1910s1
1920s1
1940s1
1970s1
1990s1
2000s1

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 3 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul0Aug2Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul0
Aug2
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Real County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1942 (North Atlantic)23 August 1942 to 1 September 1942, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 950 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of June 1929 (North Atlantic)27 June 1929 to 30 June 1929, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 982 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of June 1851 (North Atlantic)23 June 1851 to 28 June 1851, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of June 1913 (North Atlantic)21 June 1913 to 29 June 1913, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt)
  • Delia (1973)1 September 1973 to 7 September 1973, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 986 hPa

Most recent storms near Real County

  • Erin (2007)15 August 2007 to 19 August 2007, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,003 hPa
  • Lidia (1993)8 September 1993 to 14 September 1993, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Delia (1973)1 September 1973 to 7 September 1973, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 986 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 Real County

  • Lidia (1993)8 September 1993 to 14 September 1993, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa

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