Hurricane Barry
Aug 23, 1983 to Aug 29, 1983Peak 81 mph986 mb
Hurricane Barry passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in TX. It was strongest near Cameron County, TX, as a Category 1 on August 28, 1983.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Barry · 1983
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 2
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 7
- TX
- 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.
| Cameron County | TX | 30.2 | Category 1 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| Kenedy County | TX | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 88.8 | 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.