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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Port Aransas, TX

Hurricanes

6

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Port Aransas. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicholas in 2021. The strongest was Carla in 1961, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Harold AugTropical storm5853
2021Nicholas SepCategory 17547
2020Beta SepTropical storm5258
2017Harvey AugCategory 413216
2015Bill JunTropical storm5835
2011Don JulTropical storm4040
2007Erin AugTropical storm4016
2003Claudette JulCategory 19253
1998Frances SepTropical storm5826
1998Charley AugTropical storm692
1993Arlene JunTropical storm4053
1978Amelia JulTropical storm4657
1971Fern SepCategory 1861
1970Celia AugCategory 41382
1968Candy JunTropical storm692
1961Carla SepCategory 414452
1960Unnamed JunTropical storm5838
1958Ella SepTropical storm5823

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s12
1970s21
1980s00
1990s03
2000s11
2010s12
2020s12

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 Port Aransas 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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