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From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas. According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years. On any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline, a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
The U.S. state of Texas has had many hurricanes affect it. It is the U.S. state with the second-most hurricanes affecting it, only behind Florida . [ 1 ] Storms affecting it go back to 1527.
June 23, 1960 – Tropical Storm One of 1960 hit 30 miles (48 km) south of Corpus Christi, Texas as a 45 mph (72 km/h) storm. The storm looped over southern Texas, dumping heavy rain over the area. It moved slowly northward, and eventually dissipated over Illinois. Though weak, the storm caused $3.6 million in damage (1960 dollars) and 15 deaths.
Hurricane Celia was the costliest tropical cyclone in Texas history until Hurricane Alicia in 1983.The third named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season, Celia developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on July 31.
After a reconnaissance aircraft went into the system, the cyclone was upgraded into the first tropical depression of the season that afternoon while 30 miles (48 km) south of Brownsville, Texas. When it formed, it was moving north-northwest at 12 mph (19 km/h), which was thought at the time to inhibit further strengthening due to the depression ...
Jul. 1—Tropical Storm Alberto, which last month ushered in beneficial rainfall for the Rio Grande Valley, could be just the first of several tropical cyclones to affect the lower Texas coast ...
Tropical Storm Claudette was a 1979 tropical cyclone which was the third-wettest tropical cyclone on record in the contiguous United States.The storm caused significant flooding in eastern Texas and western Louisiana in July 1979.
The collapsed ruins of a building are seen in Freeport, Texas, on July 8, 2024 (AFP via Getty Images) Homes are surrounded in floodwater after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08 ...