The unnamed hurricane of 1929
Jun 27, 1929 to Jun 30, 1929Peak 92 mph982 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1929 passed within 50 miles of 60 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Matagorda County, TX, as a Category 1 on June 28, 1929.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1929
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 60
- NM, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 97
- NM, 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.
| Hudspeth County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bexar County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Luna County | NM | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jeff Davis County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pecos County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Val Verde County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Uvalde County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| El Paso County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Goliad County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Culberson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edwards County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Medina County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Real County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Doña Ana County | NM | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crockett County | TX | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Reeves County | TX | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 6.4 | Category 1 |
| Karnes County | TX | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bandera County | TX | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gonzales County | TX | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 8.5 | Category 1 |
| Brewster County | TX | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Guadalupe County | TX | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Atascosa County | TX | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 13.9 | Category 1 |
| Aransas County | TX | 14.0 | Category 1 |
| Kinney County | TX | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Otero County | NM | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kerr County | TX | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sutton County | TX | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lavaca County | TX | 20.6 | Category 1 |
| Comal County | TX | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kendall County | TX | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sierra County | NM | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Frio County | TX | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Live Oak County | TX | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Presidio County | TX | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kimble County | TX | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Zavala County | TX | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gillespie County | TX | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hays County | TX | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| McMullen County | TX | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 39.5 | Category 1 |
| Caldwell County | TX | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Blanco County | TX | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crane County | TX | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 41.6 | Category 1 |
| Ward County | TX | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Upton County | TX | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 43.9 | Category 1 |
| Maverick County | TX | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Schleicher County | TX | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Eddy County | NM | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| La Salle County | TX | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TX | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Loving County | TX | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Reagan County | TX | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bastrop County | TX | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mason County | TX | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Winkler County | TX | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 60.1 | Category 1 |
| Dimmit County | TX | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Travis County | TX | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Menard County | TX | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irion County | TX | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Llano County | TX | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Ector County | TX | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Chaves County | NM | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lea County | NM | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tom Green County | TX | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Burnet County | TX | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 78.6 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | TX | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Midland County | TX | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| McCulloch County | TX | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Concho County | TX | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Williamson County | TX | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Webb County | TX | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 88.3 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | TX | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| Waller County | TX | 90.8 | Category 1 |
| Glasscock County | TX | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Andrews County | TX | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| San Saba County | TX | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 94.8 | Category 1 |
| Sterling County | TX | 95.2 | 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.