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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1930s

[Details of Storms in 1930s]

 

Map of 1930s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL		 DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)		 AFFECTS
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
SW LA		 8/14/38 Pk. Wnd - 65 kt
Pressure - NA		 High tides only effect along upper TX coast
T. STORM Tropical Storm /
Freeport		 10/17/38 Pk. Wnd - 35 kt
Pressure - 1006mb		 Only produced squally weather
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 1* /
Aransas Pass		 7/25/34 Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 998mb		 19 deaths and many injuries; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 1 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Remained offshore parallel to GLS coast		 8/27/34 Pk. Wnd - 70 kt
Pressure - NA		 Only impact on TX coast was high tides and small amounts of rain
T. STORM Tropical Storm /
Just E of Matagorda		 7/23/33 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - NA		 Great rain producer; averaged 12.5" over 25,000 sq. mile area
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 4 /
Central GLS Island		 8/14/32 Pk. Wnd - 125 kt
Pressure - 925mb		 40 killed; $7.5 million damage

 

[Details of Storms in 1930s]
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