The unnamed hurricane of 1912
Oct 11, 1912 to Oct 18, 1912Peak 98 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1912 passed within 50 miles of 15 counties in TX. It was strongest near Kenedy County, TX, as a Category 2 on October 16, 1912.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1912
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 15
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 20
- 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.
| Kleberg County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Nueces County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 2.0 | Category 2 |
| Live Oak County | TX | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 11.9 | Category 2 |
| Cameron County | TX | 15.2 | Category 2 |
| Aransas County | TX | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| Duval County | TX | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 42.3 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | TX | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 60.8 | Category 2 |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 60.9 | Category 1 |
| Webb County | TX | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Zapata County | TX | 88.1 | 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.