The unnamed hurricane of 1854
Jun 25, 1854 to Jun 27, 1854Peak 81 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1854 passed within 50 miles of 9 counties in TX. It was strongest near Cameron County, TX, as a tropical storm on June 26, 1854.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1854
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 9
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 18
- TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Starr County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Zapata County | TX | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Webb County | TX | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brewster County | TX | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Maverick County | TX | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dimmit County | TX | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| La Salle County | TX | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Presidio County | TX | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.