Hurricanes that hit San Jacinto County, Texas: hurricane history

38 storms have passed within 50 km of San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto County

The record holds 38 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of San Jacinto County, Texas between 1854 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 12 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 38storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 10at 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 San Jacinto County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression821%
Tropical storm1847%
Category 1821%
Category 225%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity25%

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

San Jacinto County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 7 in 1980s.1850s11870s21880s31890s31940s51950s51960s11970s31980s72000s42010s12020s3

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
1880s3
1890s3
1940s5
1950s5
1960s1
1970s3
1980s7
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 12 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun6Jul9Aug9Sep12Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun6
Jul9
Aug9
Sep12
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near San Jacinto County

  • 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 September 1897 (North Atlantic)10 September 1897 to 13 September 1897, peak Category 1 (75 kt)
  • Jerry (1989)12 October 1989 to 16 October 1989, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 983 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of July 1891 (North Atlantic)3 July 1891 to 8 July 1891, peak Category 1 (80 kt)

Most recent storms near San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto County

  • Beryl (2024)28 June 2024 to 11 July 2024, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Carmen (1974)29 August 1974 to 10 September 1974, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 928 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Allison (2001)5 June 2001 to 19 June 2001, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 1,000 hPa

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