The unnamed tropical storm of 1933
Jul 14, 1933 to Jul 27, 1933Peak 52 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1933 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in TX. It was strongest near Matagorda County, TX, as a tropical storm on July 23, 1933.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1933
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 5
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 11
- 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 |
| Jackson County | TX | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg 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.