The unnamed hurricane of 1934
Aug 26, 1934 to Sep 1, 1934Peak 81 mph998 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1934 passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Brazoria County, TX, as a Category 1 on August 28, 1934.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1934
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 10
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 41
- LA, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Brazoria County | TX | 12.3 | Category 1 |
| Galveston County | TX | 13.5 | Category 1 |
| Matagorda County | TX | 15.6 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | TX | 24.6 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 25.2 | Category 1 |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 33.9 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | TX | 37.3 | Category 1 |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 44.0 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | TX | 46.0 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | TX | 47.7 | Category 1 |
| Wharton County | TX | 50.6 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | TX | 56.9 | Category 1 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 58.9 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | TX | 59.1 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 62.5 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Newton County | TX | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | TX | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | TX | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Austin County | TX | 75.8 | Category 1 |
| Waller County | TX | 77.7 | Category 1 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 78.3 | Category 1 |
| Victoria County | TX | 78.5 | Category 1 |
| Refugio County | TX | 79.7 | Category 1 |
| Colorado County | TX | 80.0 | Category 1 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 83.2 | Category 1 |
| Lavaca County | TX | 87.9 | Category 1 |
| Nueces County | TX | 88.3 | Category 1 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | TX | 89.6 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 91.0 | Category 1 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 91.2 | Category 1 |
| Tyler County | TX | 91.8 | Category 1 |
| San Patricio County | TX | 94.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 99.4 | Category 1 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 99.7 | 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.