Hurricane Jerry
Oct 12, 1989 to Oct 16, 1989Peak 86 mph982 mb
Hurricane Jerry passed within 50 miles of 13 counties in TX. It was strongest near Brazoria County, TX, as a Category 1 on October 16, 1989.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Jerry · 1989
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 86 mph, 75 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 13
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 26
- 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.
| Galveston County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 7.7 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | TX | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 27.4 | Category 1 |
| Walker County | TX | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 35.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | TX | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 51.4 | Category 1 |
| Waller County | TX | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 63.1 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | TX | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brazos County | TX | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 72.6 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | TX | 79.7 | Category 1 |
| Burleson County | TX | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 85.3 | Category 1 |
| Lavaca County | TX | 94.6 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | TX | 97.8 | 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.