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The unnamed hurricane of 1869

Aug 16, 1869 to Aug 17, 1869Peak 104 mph

The unnamed hurricane of 1869 passed within 50 miles of 24 counties in TX. It was strongest near Calhoun County, TX, as a Category 2 on August 17, 1869.

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Unnamed hurricane · 1869

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Category 2
104 mph, 90 kt
Counties within 50 miles
24
TX
Counties within 100 miles
46
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 2
Calhoun County, TX, 2.5 mi, Aug 17, 1869
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Bee CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Live Oak CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Refugio CountyTX0.0Category 1Aug 17, 1869
McMullen CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Aransas CountyTX0.6Category 2Aug 17, 1869
San Patricio CountyTX1.8Category 1Aug 17, 1869
Calhoun CountyTX2.5Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Jim Wells CountyTX12.1Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Duval CountyTX13.4Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Goliad CountyTX14.9Category 1Aug 17, 1869
Nueces CountyTX15.3Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
La Salle CountyTX16.8Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Webb CountyTX16.8Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Matagorda CountyTX22.6Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Atascosa CountyTX24.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Frio CountyTX24.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Victoria CountyTX25.6Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Karnes CountyTX31.2Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Dimmit CountyTX36.8Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Kleberg CountyTX39.4Category 1Aug 17, 1869
Jackson CountyTX41.3Category 2Aug 17, 1869
DeWitt CountyTX42.4Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Wilson CountyTX43.7Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Zavala CountyTX43.8Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Medina CountyTX54.6Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Bexar CountyTX58.6Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Kenedy CountyTX61.1Category 1Aug 17, 1869
Wharton CountyTX62.2Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Gonzales CountyTX62.7Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Brazoria CountyTX63.2Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Jim Hogg CountyTX63.4Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Lavaca CountyTX64.7Category 1Aug 17, 1869
Uvalde CountyTX66.1Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Brooks CountyTX67.0Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Zapata CountyTX71.8Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Guadalupe CountyTX77.2Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Colorado CountyTX79.3Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Maverick CountyTX80.3Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Galveston CountyTX86.6Category 2Aug 16, 1869
Bandera CountyTX87.1Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Fort Bend CountyTX88.4Category 2Aug 17, 1869
Comal CountyTX91.9Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Kinney CountyTX96.3Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Kendall CountyTX97.9Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Caldwell CountyTX98.5Tropical stormAug 17, 1869
Hidalgo CountyTX99.9Tropical stormAug 17, 1869

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.