Hurricane Ella
Aug 30, 1958 to Sep 7, 1958Peak 109 mph983 mb
Hurricane Ella passed within 50 miles of 8 counties in TX. It was strongest near San Patricio County, TX, as a tropical storm on September 6, 1958.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ella · 1958
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 109 mph, 95 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 8
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 16
- TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 5
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Kleberg County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Karnes County | TX | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 90.8 | 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.