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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Aransas Pass, TX

Hurricanes

6

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Aransas Pass. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicholas in 2021. The strongest was Carla in 1961, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Harold AugTropical storm5857
2021Nicholas SepCategory 17550
2020Beta SepTropical storm5256
2017Harvey AugCategory 413215
2015Bill JunTropical storm5833
2011Don JulTropical storm4043
2003Claudette JulCategory 19248
1998Frances SepTropical storm5825
1998Charley AugTropical storm695
1993Arlene JunTropical storm4057
1978Amelia JulTropical storm4658
1971Fern SepCategory 1864
1970Celia AugCategory 41386
1968Candy JunTropical storm690
1961Carla SepCategory 414452
1960Unnamed JunTropical storm5238
1958Ella SepTropical storm5827

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s12
1970s21
1980s00
1990s03
2000s10
2010s12
2020s12

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Aransas Pass at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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