The unnamed hurricane of 1933
Aug 22, 1933 to Sep 5, 1933Peak 161 mph940 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1933 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in TX. It was strongest near Cameron County, TX, as a Category 3 on September 5, 1933.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1933
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 161 mph, 140 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 5
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 13
- FL, 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.
| Cameron County | TX | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 3.7 | Category 1 |
| Willacy County | TX | 13.9 | Category 2 |
| Starr County | TX | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 34.7 | Category 3 |
| Brooks County | TX | 52.9 | Category 1 |
| Zapata County | TX | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 59.7 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 78.6 | Category 3 |
| Kleberg County | TX | 81.2 | Category 2 |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 86.3 | Category 2 |
| Duval County | TX | 89.0 | Category 1 |
| Webb County | TX | 97.7 | 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.