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Hurricane Celia

Jul 31, 1970 to Aug 5, 1970Peak 138 mph944 mb

Hurricane Celia passed within 50 miles of 30 counties in TX. It was strongest near Nueces County, TX, as a Category 4 on August 3, 1970.

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Hurricane Celia · 1970

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Category 4
138 mph, 120 kt
Lowest pressure
944 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
30
TX
Counties within 100 miles
54
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 4
Nueces County, TX, 0.0 mi, Aug 3, 1970
Landfalls recorded
2
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
San Patricio CountyTX0.0Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Nueces CountyTX0.0Category 4Aug 3, 1970
McMullen CountyTX0.0Category 1Aug 4, 1970
La Salle CountyTX0.0Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Live Oak CountyTX0.0Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Maverick CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Zavala CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Jim Wells CountyTX4.1Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Aransas CountyTX4.2Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Terrell CountyTX4.3Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Kinney CountyTX5.0Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Bee CountyTX5.4Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Dimmit CountyTX6.5Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Frio CountyTX7.2Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Val Verde CountyTX9.8Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Refugio CountyTX10.8Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Duval CountyTX14.2Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Atascosa CountyTX14.8Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Uvalde CountyTX15.5Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Kleberg CountyTX17.2Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Calhoun CountyTX23.5Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Webb CountyTX25.4Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Goliad CountyTX28.6Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Medina CountyTX29.5Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Karnes CountyTX34.3Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Edwards CountyTX34.9Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Kenedy CountyTX39.1Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Wilson CountyTX42.7Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Victoria CountyTX45.4Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Crockett CountyTX45.5Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Real CountyTX50.7Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
DeWitt CountyTX51.2Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Bexar CountyTX52.7Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Matagorda CountyTX55.2Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Brooks CountyTX57.2Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Bandera CountyTX60.1Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Jim Hogg CountyTX64.6Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Sutton CountyTX68.0Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Jackson CountyTX69.0Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Gonzales CountyTX69.3Category 2Aug 4, 1970
Guadalupe CountyTX75.0Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Kerr CountyTX76.3Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Zapata CountyTX78.7Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Willacy CountyTX81.0Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Lavaca CountyTX82.8Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Kendall CountyTX84.1Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Comal CountyTX85.5Category 1Aug 4, 1970
Hidalgo CountyTX87.1Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Cameron CountyTX91.6Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Kimble CountyTX91.8Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Wharton CountyTX92.9Category 4Aug 3, 1970
Schleicher CountyTX93.4Tropical stormAug 4, 1970
Starr CountyTX96.0Category 3Aug 3, 1970
Gillespie CountyTX99.1Tropical stormAug 4, 1970

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.