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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Galveston, TX

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Galveston. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicholas in 2021. The strongest was Alicia in 1983, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Nicholas SepCategory 17521
2019Imelda SepTropical storm4628
2008Ike SepCategory 210918
2008Edouard AugTropical storm6351
2007Humberto SepCategory 19221
2003Grace AugTropical storm4011
2001Allison JunTropical storm5820
1995Dean JulTropical storm4612
1989Jerry OctCategory 1862
1989Chantal AugCategory 18144
1989Allison JunTropical storm5235
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4630
1986Bonnie JunCategory 18654
1983Alicia AugCategory 311510
1982Chris SepTropical storm5860
1980Danielle SepTropical storm5215
1973Delia SepCategory 18613
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm4033
1971Edith SepCategory 19259
1970Felice SepTropical storm6932
1964Abby AugTropical storm6941
1963Cindy SepTropical storm6343
1959Debra JulCategory 18614

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s10
1960s02
1970s22
1980s44
1990s01
2000s23
2010s01
2020s10

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 Galveston 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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