Hurricanes near South Padre Island, TX

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Padre Island. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Hanna in 2020. The strongest was Bret in 1999, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Harold Aug	Tropical storm	58	60
2021	Nicholas Sep	Tropical storm	63	30
2020	Hanna Jul	Category 1	92	45
2010	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	69	30
2008	Dolly Jul	Category 2	98	12
2003	Erika Aug	Category 1	75	51
1999	Bret Aug	Category 4	144	40
1993	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	40	32
1983	Barry Aug	Category 1	81	48
1980	Allen Aug	Category 4	138	2
1978	Amelia Jul	Tropical storm	52	5
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	49
1968	Candy Jun	Tropical storm	63	40
1967	Beulah Sep	Category 4	138	12
1960	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	9
1958	Gerda Sep	Tropical storm	40	40

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	1
1960s	1	2
1970s	1	1
1980s	2	0
1990s	1	1
2000s	2	0
2010s	0	1
2020s	1	2

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 South Padre Island 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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