Hurricane Chantal
Jul 30, 1989 to Aug 3, 1989Peak 81 mph984 mb
Hurricane Chantal passed within 50 miles of 23 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Chambers County, TX, as a Category 1 on August 1, 1989.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Chantal · 1989
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 23
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 41
- 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.
| Montgomery County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 0.6 | Category 1 |
| Walker County | TX | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 3.8 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | TX | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burleson County | TX | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TX | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Trinity County | TX | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 29.9 | Category 1 |
| Brazoria County | TX | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 36.8 | Category 1 |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 44.8 | Category 1 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 51.3 | Category 1 |
| Newton County | TX | 53.5 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | TX | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 68.0 | Category 1 |
| Cherokee County | TX | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 80.4 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 83.5 | Category 1 |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lavaca County | TX | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 94.7 | Category 1 |
| Rusk County | TX | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 99.0 | 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.