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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Bridge City, TX

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bridge City. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Delta OctCategory 29847
2020Laura AugCategory 415032
2017Harvey AugTropical storm4624
2017Cindy JunTropical storm526
2008Edouard AugTropical storm6337
2007Humberto SepCategory 1922
2005Rita SepCategory 31154
1989Chantal AugCategory 18145
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4640
1986Bonnie JunCategory 18629
1982Chris SepTropical storm638
1980Danielle SepTropical storm5844
1979Claudette JulTropical storm524
1978Debra AugTropical storm5821
1974Carmen SepTropical storm6354
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm409
1971Edith SepCategory 19258
1970Felice SepTropical storm6950
1963Cindy SepTropical storm6340
1957Bertha AugTropical storm6321
1957Audrey JunCategory 312712
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm4033
1954Barbara JulTropical storm5825

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s01
1970s15
1980s23
1990s00
2000s21
2010s02
2020s20

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 Bridge City 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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