The unnamed tropical storm of 1938
Oct 10, 1938 to Oct 17, 1938Peak 58 mph996 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1938 passed within 50 miles of 7 counties in TX. It was strongest near Galveston County, TX, as a tropical storm on October 17, 1938.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1938
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 7
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 18
- 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.
| Brazoria County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 99.1 | 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.