Hurricane Bonnie
Jun 23, 1986 to Jun 28, 1986Peak 86 mph990 mb
Hurricane Bonnie passed within 50 miles of 17 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Galveston County, TX, as a Category 1 on June 26, 1986.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Bonnie · 1986
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 86 mph, 75 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 17
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 33
- LA, 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.
| Jefferson County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 3.6 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | TX | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 10.3 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | TX | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 19.6 | Category 1 |
| Newton County | TX | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 36.2 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | TX | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TX | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 58.5 | Category 1 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 71.0 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 76.4 | Category 1 |
| Waller County | TX | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TX | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 94.7 | Category 1 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 96.5 | Category 1 |
| Austin County | TX | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Burleson County | TX | 99.2 | 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.