The unnamed tropical storm of 1881
Aug 11, 1881 to Aug 14, 1881Peak 46 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1881 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in TX. It was strongest near Calhoun County, TX, as a tropical storm on August 13, 1881.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1881
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
- 5
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 10
- 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.
| Aransas County | TX | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 95.9 | 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.