The unnamed hurricane of 1854
Sep 18, 1854 to Sep 20, 1854Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1854 passed within 50 miles of 32 counties in TX. It was strongest near Galveston County, TX, as a Category 2 on September 18, 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 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 32
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 60
- LA, 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.
| Brazoria County | TX | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Colorado County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wharton County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lavaca County | TX | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TX | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 9.8 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | TX | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burleson County | TX | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 16.9 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | TX | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gonzales County | TX | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bastrop County | TX | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 37.2 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | TX | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TX | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | TX | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Milam County | TX | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 51.6 | Category 2 |
| Trinity County | TX | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamson County | TX | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Guadalupe County | TX | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Travis County | TX | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 66.7 | Category 2 |
| Karnes County | TX | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hays County | TX | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Falls County | TX | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | TX | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 73.6 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | TX | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bell County | TX | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Freestone County | TX | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| Comal County | TX | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TX | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 87.7 | Category 2 |
| Tyler County | TX | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bexar County | TX | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | TX | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| McLennan County | TX | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 98.2 | Category 2 |
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.