(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast. Not all names are noted, also storms before 1950 were not named. Not every stat on every storm description is given (since 1871)
Years within 60 miles 1871-2ts,1874br,1879,1880br,1886,1888br,1888tsbr,1891,1895ts,1898ts 1900,1909,1915,1918br,1932,1933tsbr,1934,1938ts,1940-2ts,1940br,1941br,1942,1943 1945br,1947,1949,1957br,1959,(1961 Carla came ashore 135 miles to the south of here, not included in stats)1963br,1970ts,1973ts,1079-2tsbr,1980ts,1983 1986br,1987ts,1989br,1989,1995ts,2001ts,2005br,2007br,(2008ts not in stats) 45 137yrs end of 2007
How often this area gets affected? brushed or hit every 3.04 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (15h)once every 9.13 years
Statistically when this area should be affected next Affected in 2008 This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2008 August 5th Tropical storm Edouard hits just north with 65mph winds moving WNW
Galveston, Texas Hurricane Past 1879 August 23rd a cat2 with 105mph winds passes just east while heading north
1886 June 14th a hurricane with 95mph winds passes just east while moving north
1888 June 16th enter moved SW of Galveston. 13.9" 18 inches of rain in Houston
1900 "The Great Galveston Hurricane" kills 8,000 people with a 15ft storm surge even though it was low tide while hitting it traveled 6 to 10 miles inland .The pressure at landfall was 27.55inches with winds of 110mph.Half of Galveston destroyed with 2,600 buildings destroyed & 10,000 people left homeless would have been much worse if not moving so quickly. It is said that a one inch steel hull of an ocean going freighter was pierced through with a piece of lumber.According to the hurricane research division winds were of Category 4 strength at landfall. 1909 July a 10 ft strom surge with a cat 3 41 killed in Texas
1915 August 5th a cat 4 kills 275 ,12' tides flooded Galveston 5' to 6' in the Business District. Winds at Galveston were 97 mph gusts to 110mph putting this in the cat 2 range.Press 970 mb,28.63inches.Seawall prevented a repeat of the 1900 disaster.Causes 50 million in damage 1932 August 14th 145mph winds from the SE direct hit
1934 July 28th a storm surge of 5.9ft with a cat 2 that passes just east while moving south
1943 July 27th a storm surge of 4 ft with a cat 2,nineteen killed,86mph winds 1947 August 24th a minimal hurricane hits
1959 July Hurricane Debra hit with 95mph winds bar 29.07 14.42 inches of rain
1915 August 17th a 12 ft s.s 275 killed despite the wall, 120mph winds
1983 August 18th Hurricane Alicia causes 2 bill damage as a cat 2/3 with 71 to 98mph winds in Galveston moving at a forward speed of 8mph. 21 killed 1.2 billion dollars in damage,a 10 to 12 ft storm surge at normal high tide.90% of Dwellings on Jamaica Beach were destroyed.Many highrise glass buildings sustained heavy damage. Pressure in Galveston was measured at 989mb 29.20 inches at 2:00AM. 1989 October 15th Hurricane Jerry 3 dead over 8 million in damage ,85mph winds
2001 June 5th T.S. Allison hits with 60mph winds dumping extremely heavy rain especially inland in the Houston area. Over a 120 hr period houston recorded 36.99 inches of rain.Only 3 tropical systems have produced more rain in this area. T.S Amelia 46.00",T.S Claudette 45.00",unamed 1921 40.00". 41 deaths related to flooding & 5 billion in damage. Allison was finally retired in July of 2002 as the only T-storm to be retired.
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