Hurricanes near Brownsville, TX

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Brownsville. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Hanna in 2020. The strongest was Bret in 1999, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Nicholas Sep	Tropical storm	63	47
2020	Hanna Jul	Category 1	92	49
2010	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	69	11
2008	Dolly Jul	Category 2	98	28
2003	Erika Aug	Category 1	75	47
1999	Bret Aug	Category 4	138	56
1993	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	40	51
1983	Barry Aug	Category 1	81	41
1980	Allen Aug	Category 4	132	15
1978	Amelia Jul	Tropical storm	52	16
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	60
1968	Candy Jun	Tropical storm	58	58
1967	Beulah Sep	Category 4	138	8
1960	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	28
1958	Gerda Sep	Tropical storm	40	22
1958	Alma Jun	Tropical storm	58	49
1954	Alice Jun	Category 2	98	49

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	1	2
1970s	1	1
1980s	2	0
1990s	1	1
2000s	2	0
2010s	0	1
2020s	1	1

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 Brownsville 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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