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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Bishop, TX

Hurricanes

4

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bishop. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Bret in 1999. The strongest was Celia in 1970, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Harold AugTropical storm5827
2010Hermine SepTropical storm5817
1999Bret AugCategory 312135
1998Frances SepTropical storm5257
1998Charley AugTropical storm5231
1993Arlene JunTropical storm4027
1978Amelia JulTropical storm5212
1971Fern SepCategory 18613
1970Celia AugCategory 413832
1968Candy JunTropical storm6945
1967Beulah SepCategory 19241
1960Unnamed JunTropical storm5810
1958Ella SepTropical storm587

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s12
1970s21
1980s00
1990s13
2000s00
2010s01
2020s01

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 Bishop 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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