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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Shepherd, TX

Hurricanes

5

None major

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Shepherd. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Ike in 2008. The strongest was Ike in 2008, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Beryl JulTropical storm6938
2021Nicholas SepTropical storm4054
2008Ike SepCategory 210413
2008Edouard AugTropical storm5819
2005Rita SepCategory 18154
2001Allison JunTropical storm4612
1989Jerry OctTropical storm639
1989Chantal AugCategory 17523
1989Allison JunTropical storm462
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4630
1986Bonnie JunCategory 17527
1983Alicia AugCategory 18652
1979Claudette JulTropical storm461
1974Carmen SepTropical storm4034
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm4045
1970Felice SepTropical storm6349
1963Cindy SepTropical storm5827
1959Debra JulTropical storm635
1957Bertha AugTropical storm527
1954Barbara JulTropical storm4022

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s01
1970s04
1980s33
1990s00
2000s22
2010s00
2020s02

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 Shepherd 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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