Hurricane Carla
Sep 3, 1961 to Sep 18, 1961Peak 144 mph927 mb
Hurricane Carla passed within 50 miles of 93 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Nueces County, TX, as a Category 4 on September 11, 1961.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Carla · 1961
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 927 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 93
- OK, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 155
- AR, OK, 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.
| Victoria County | TX | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | TX | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Williamson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Travis County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tarrant County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gonzales County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Coryell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bosque County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bell County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Denton County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Love County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lavaca County | TX | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Hughes County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carter County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bastrop County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsburg County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cooke County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 1.6 | Category 2 |
| Coal County | OK | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 2.6 | Category 2 |
| Murray County | OK | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hill County | TX | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | TX | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TX | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 5.9 | Category 4 |
| McLennan County | TX | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Parker County | TX | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wise County | TX | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | OK | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Somervell County | TX | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hood County | TX | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Haskell County | OK | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | TX | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grayson County | TX | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | TX | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | OK | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montague County | TX | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Burnet County | TX | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 14.0 | Category 3 |
| Okfuskee County | OK | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Atoka County | OK | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Garvin County | OK | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Milam County | TX | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Okmulgee County | OK | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hays County | TX | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lampasas County | TX | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Falls County | TX | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Latimer County | OK | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 19.2 | Category 3 |
| Erath County | TX | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | TX | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 20.9 | Category 2 |
| Wharton County | TX | 21.3 | Category 2 |
| Goliad County | TX | 21.4 | Category 2 |
| Guadalupe County | TX | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ellis County | TX | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pottawatomie County | OK | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Collin County | TX | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | OK | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | OK | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| McClain County | OK | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jack County | TX | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Blanco County | TX | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stephens County | OK | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Comanche County | TX | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pushmataha County | OK | 34.4 | Tropical storm |
| Karnes County | TX | 34.8 | Category 1 |
| Palo Pinto County | TX | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | TX | 37.2 | Category 1 |
| Burleson County | TX | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Navarro County | TX | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | OK | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Comal County | TX | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | TX | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mills County | TX | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Creek County | OK | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | TX | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fannin County | TX | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Llano County | TX | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | OK | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TX | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 46.3 | Category 3 |
| Grady County | OK | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | OK | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rockwall County | TX | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| San Saba County | TX | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 48.6 | Category 4 |
| Kaufman County | TX | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 52.2 | Category 4 |
| Bexar County | TX | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| Hunt County | TX | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Eastland County | TX | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 57.4 | Category 3 |
| Kendall County | TX | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gillespie County | TX | 59.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 59.5 | Category 2 |
| Young County | TX | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | TX | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cotton County | OK | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Oklahoma County | OK | 61.6 | Tropical storm |
| McCurtain County | OK | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brown County | TX | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Freestone County | TX | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stephens County | TX | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Archer County | TX | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Comanche County | OK | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 66.8 | Category 4 |
| Lamar County | TX | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 68.1 | Category 1 |
| Live Oak County | TX | 69.7 | Category 1 |
| Pawnee County | OK | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Atascosa County | TX | 71.4 | Category 1 |
| Payne County | OK | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wichita County | TX | 72.2 | Tropical storm |
| Caddo County | OK | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Van Zandt County | TX | 75.6 | Tropical storm |
| Delta County | TX | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Canadian County | OK | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Logan County | OK | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rains County | TX | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TX | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mason County | TX | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 81.2 | Category 3 |
| Hopkins County | TX | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Kerr County | TX | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 83.3 | Category 4 |
| Red River County | TX | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bandera County | TX | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TX | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Medina County | TX | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tillman County | OK | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| McCulloch County | TX | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| McMullen County | TX | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Throckmorton County | TX | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Callahan County | TX | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 92.4 | Category 1 |
| Shackelford County | TX | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coleman County | TX | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 94.8 | Category 4 |
| Baylor County | TX | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wood County | TX | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Noble County | OK | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | AR | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kingfisher County | OK | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kiowa County | OK | 99.8 | 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.