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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Port Arthur, TX

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Port Arthur. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Nicholas SepTropical storm4017
2020Delta OctCategory 210449
2020Laura AugCategory 415040
2017Harvey AugTropical storm5228
2017Cindy JunTropical storm5216
2008Ike SepCategory 210955
2008Edouard AugTropical storm6321
2007Humberto SepCategory 1926
2005Rita SepCategory 311512
1989Jerry OctTropical storm6359
1989Chantal AugCategory 18130
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4632
1986Bonnie JunCategory 18618
1982Chris SepTropical storm6310
1980Danielle SepTropical storm5830
1979Claudette JulTropical storm524
1978Debra AugTropical storm5825
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm4020
1971Edith SepCategory 19253
1970Felice SepTropical storm6934
1963Cindy SepTropical storm6326
1957Bertha AugTropical storm636
1957Audrey JunCategory 312716
1954Barbara JulTropical storm5840

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s01
1970s14
1980s24
1990s00
2000s31
2010s02
2020s21

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 Arthur 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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