The unnamed hurricane of 1932
Aug 12, 1932 to Aug 15, 1932Peak 150 mph935 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1932 passed within 50 miles of 29 counties in TX. It was strongest near Galveston County, TX, as a Category 4 on August 14, 1932.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1932
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 935 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 29
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 56
- 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.
| Lee County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Colorado County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Brazoria County | TX | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Austin County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Milam County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamson County | TX | 4.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burleson County | TX | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 7.8 | Category 4 |
| Matagorda County | TX | 8.1 | Category 2 |
| Bastrop County | TX | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 12.0 | Category 1 |
| Travis County | TX | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Falls County | TX | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 23.5 | Category 1 |
| Lavaca County | TX | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TX | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 37.1 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | TX | 40.1 | Category 1 |
| Gonzales County | TX | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | TX | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 42.8 | Category 4 |
| Hays County | TX | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| Blanco County | TX | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | TX | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 54.7 | Category 2 |
| Victoria County | TX | 56.6 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | TX | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 61.4 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 62.1 | Category 4 |
| Guadalupe County | TX | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Comal County | TX | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 74.5 | Category 1 |
| Freestone County | TX | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 80.2 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | TX | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 84.9 | Category 1 |
| Hardin County | TX | 85.0 | Category 4 |
| Houston County | TX | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Kendall County | TX | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Karnes County | TX | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 87.8 | Category 4 |
| Bexar County | TX | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 91.8 | Category 2 |
| Trinity County | TX | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 95.7 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | TX | 96.9 | Category 4 |
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.