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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Lufkin, TX

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

7

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 7 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lufkin. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Ike in 2008. The strongest was Ike in 2008, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Beryl JulTropical storm5231
2017Cindy JunTropical storm4655
2008Ike SepCategory 18632
2005Rita SepTropical storm6938
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4635
1986Bonnie JunTropical storm523
1974Carmen SepTropical storm4626
1959Debra JulTropical storm4628

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s00
1970s01
1980s02
1990s00
2000s11
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 Lufkin 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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