The unnamed tropical storm of 1880
Jun 21, 1880 to Jun 25, 1880Peak 46 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1880 passed within 50 miles of 4 counties in TX. It was strongest near Matagorda County, TX, as a tropical storm on June 24, 1880.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1880
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 46 mph, 40 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 4
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 12
- 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.
| Matagorda County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 93.5 | 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.