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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Iowa Colony, TX

Hurricanes

9

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Iowa Colony. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Beryl in 2024. 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
2024Beryl JulCategory 18631
2021Nicholas SepCategory 1759
2019Imelda SepTropical storm464
2008Ike SepCategory 210936
2008Edouard AugTropical storm5253
2007Humberto SepCategory 18653
2003Grace AugTropical storm4011
2001Allison JunTropical storm588
1995Dean JulTropical storm463
1989Jerry OctCategory 18626
1989Chantal AugCategory 17548
1989Allison JunTropical storm5212
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4656
1983Alicia AugCategory 31155
1980Danielle SepTropical storm466
1973Delia SepCategory 17524
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm401
1970Felice SepTropical storm6927
1964Abby AugTropical storm6946
1963Cindy SepTropical storm5833
1959Debra JulCategory 18618

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s10
1960s02
1970s12
1980s33
1990s01
2000s23
2010s01
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 Iowa Colony 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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