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Hurricane Fern

Sep 3, 1971 to Sep 13, 1971Peak 86 mph978 mb

Hurricane Fern passed within 50 miles of 24 counties in TX. It was strongest near Nueces County, TX, as a Category 1 on September 11, 1971.

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  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Fern · 1971

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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

Peak strength
Category 1
86 mph, 75 kt
Lowest pressure
978 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
24
TX
Counties within 100 miles
42
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 1
Nueces County, TX, 0.0 mi, Sep 11, 1971
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
Kleberg CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Nueces CountyTX0.0Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Jim Hogg CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Brooks CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Zapata CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Aransas CountyTX0.5Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Kenedy CountyTX1.5Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Jim Wells CountyTX3.1Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Calhoun CountyTX3.3Category 1Sep 10, 1971
San Patricio CountyTX3.4Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Duval CountyTX6.6Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Matagorda CountyTX8.6Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Refugio CountyTX13.9Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Starr CountyTX15.1Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Webb CountyTX15.4Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Hidalgo CountyTX24.1Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Jackson CountyTX26.3Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Victoria CountyTX27.5Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Brazoria CountyTX33.1Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Bee CountyTX33.6Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Goliad CountyTX41.0Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Live Oak CountyTX41.2Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Willacy CountyTX41.5Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Wharton CountyTX44.8Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Galveston CountyTX55.7Tropical stormSep 10, 1971
McMullen CountyTX59.2Tropical stormSep 11, 1971
Fort Bend CountyTX59.7Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Cameron CountyTX60.7Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
DeWitt CountyTX62.8Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Lavaca CountyTX63.1Category 1Sep 10, 1971
La Salle CountyTX68.6Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Colorado CountyTX69.6Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Karnes CountyTX70.7Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Harris CountyTX83.1Tropical stormSep 10, 1971
Austin CountyTX83.5Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Dimmit CountyTX86.5Tropical stormSep 12, 1971
Gonzales CountyTX87.7Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Atascosa CountyTX88.3Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Chambers CountyTX90.6Tropical stormSep 10, 1971
Waller CountyTX91.9Category 1Sep 10, 1971
Wilson CountyTX97.9Category 1Sep 11, 1971
Fayette CountyTX99.2Category 1Sep 10, 1971

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.