United States Gulf Coast Landfalling Hurricanes

SOUTH TEXAS GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1909 #2 2 (85 kt) near Port Isabel TX
1909 #6 1 (105 kt) 1 near Tamaulipas Mexico
1910 #3 2 (95 kt) Kenedy County (NE of Norias TX)
1912 #5 1 (70 kt) NNW along coast into NE Kenedy County (E of SE of Sarita TX)
1913 #1 1 (65 kt) northern Kenedy County (E of Sarita TX)
1916 #4 3 (100 kt) Kenedy County E of Norias TX
1919 #2 4 (75 kt) 1 near Kenedy/ Kleberg County line TX
1933 #5 2 (70 kt) 1 in northern Mexico just S of Rio Grande
1933 #11 3 (85 kt) 1 near Port Isabel TX
1934 #3 2 (65 kt) 1 near Port Aransas TX
1936 #3 1 (70 kt) near or between Port Aransas and Corpus Christi TX
1967 Beulah 3 (140 kt) 1 Texas/ Mexico border near the Rio Grande
1970 Celia 3 (110 kt) near Port Aransas TX
1980 Allen 3 (100 kt) near Port Isabel and South Padre Island TX
1999 Bret 3 (100 kt; 951 mb) central Padre Island TX (26.9/97.4)
CENTRAL TEXAS GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1921 #1 2 (75 kt) 1 near or just W of Palacios TX
1929 #1 1 (70 kt) near Seadrift TX
1942 #2 3 (70 kt) 1 near Palacios TX
1945 #5 2 (120 kt) 1 between Palacios TX and Matagorda TX
1961 Carla 4 (125 kt) near Seadrift TX
1971 Fern 1 (65 kt) S of Matagorda then SW along coast
2003Claudette 1 (80 kt; 979 mb) Matagorda Island TX (28.3/96.2)
NORTHERN TEXAS GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1900 #1 4 (125 kt) Galveston Island
1909 #4 3 (100 kt) Freeport TX
1915 #2 4 (105 kt) 1 Galveston Island
1932 #2 4 (125 kt) Galveston Island; near Hitchcock
1940 #2 2 (70 kt) 1 near or between Sabine/Port Arthur TX and Cameron LA
1941 #2 3 (70 kt) 1 near or between Cedar Lake and Freeport
1942 #1 1 (65 kt) near Port Bolivar; LaPorte
1943 #1 2 (75 kt) 1 between Gilchrist and Port Bolivar; Smith Point; LaPorte
1947 #3 1 (70 kt) near or just SW of Galveston
1949 #10 2 (115 kt) 1 near Freeport/Lake Jackson TX
1957 Audrey 4 (125 kt) between Sabine/Port Arthur TX and Cameron LA
1959 Debra 1 (75 kt) near W end of Galveston Island
1963 Cindy 1 (65 kt) High Island TX
1983 Alicia 3 (100 kt; 962 mb) between Freeport and Galveston near Hoskins TX (29.2/95.2)
1986 Bonnie 1 (75 kt; 990 mb) between Sea Rim State Park and High Island TX (29.6/94.2)
1989 Chantal 1 (70 kt; 986 mb) High Island TX (29.6/94.4)
1989 Jerry 1 (75 kt; 983 mb) Galverson Island SW of Galveston TX (29.2/95.0)
2005 Rita ~3 (~105 kt; ~937 mb) just E of Sabine Pass (LA)
LOUISIANA GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1901 #4 1 (80 kt) SW of Buras LA
1906 #6 1 (95 kt) between Pascagoula MS and Biloxi MS
1909 #8 3 (105 kt) south of Morgan City LA
1915 #5 4 (85 kt) 1 near or between Leeville and Grand Isle LA
1918 #1 3 (85 kt) 1 near Cameron LA
1920 #2 2 (90 kt) SW of Dulac LA
1923 #3 1 (85 kt) 1 WSW of Dulac LA
1926 #3 3 (85 kt) 1 near St. Mary/Terrebonne Parish boundary
1934 #2 3 (65 kt) 1 SW of Dulac LA
1938 #2 1 (65 kt) near Cameron LA
1940 #2 2 (70 kt) 1 near or between Sabine/Port Arthur TX and Cameron LA
1947 #4 3 (80 kt) 1 E of Hopedale LA; New Orleans LA (St. Caterines Island); near or south of Akers LA
1948 #5 1 (65 kt) near and SW of Leeville
1956 Flossy 2 (75 kt) 1 WSW of Pilot Town LA
1957 Audrey 4 (125 kt) between Sabine/Port Arthur TX and Cameron LA
1964 Hilda 3 (100 kt) south of Franklin LA
1965 Betsy 3 (135 kt) 1 near Grand Isle and Leeville LA
1969 Camille 5 (165 kt) E of Pilot Town LA; E of Hopedale LA
1971 Edith 2 (85 kt) eastern Cameron Parish ESE of Cameron LA
1974 Carmen 3 (130 kt) 1 SW Terrebonne Parish; SW of Morgan City LA
1977 Babe 1 (65 kt) near St. Mary/Terrebonne Parish boundary
1979 Bob 1 (65 kt) near Cocodrie LA (SW of Cut Off LA)
1985 Danny 1 (80 kt; 987 mb) SE of Cameron LA near Cameron/ Vermilion Parish line (29.6/92.7)
1985 Juan 1 (75 kt) near Morgan City LA
1988 Florence 1 (70 kt; 984 mb) SW of Pilot Town LA (29.1/89.3)
1992 Andrew 3 (105 kt; 956 mb) Point Chevreuil LA (20 nm WSW of Morgan City LA) (29.6/ 91.5)
1997 Danny 1 (65 kt; 989 mb) near Empire LA (29.3/89.7)
2002 Lili 1 (80 kt; 963 mb) near Intracoastal City LA (29.5/92.2)
2005 Katrina 3 (110 kt; 920 mb)
3 (105 kt; 928 mb)
just S of Buras LA; near LA/MS border
2005 Rita ~3 (~105 kt; ~937 mb) just E of Sabine Pass
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1901 #4 1 (80 kt) near or just east of Biloxi MS
1906 #6 2 (95 kt) between Pascagoula MS and Biloxi MS
1909 #8 2 (105 kt) 1 south of Morgan City LA
1916 #1 3 (105 kt) near or just west of Biloxi MS
1947 #4 3 (80 kt) 1 E of Hopedale LA; New Orleans LA (St. Caterines Island); near or south of Akers LA
1960 Ethel 1 (60 kt) 1 between Gulfport and Biloxi MS
1969 Camille 5 (165 kt) near Lakeshore MS
1979 Frederic 3 (115 kt) 1 Dauphin Island AL; near or just W of Bayou La Barte AL
1985 Elena 3 (100 kt; 959 mb) Gulfport MS (30.4/89.2)
1998 Georges 2 (90 kt; 964 mb) Biloxi MS (30.4/88.9)
2005 Katrina 3 (105 kt ; 928 mb) near LA/MS border (second landfall)
ALABAMA GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1901 #4 1 (80 kt) near or just east of Biloxi MS
1906 #6 2 (95 kt) between Pascagoula MS and Biloxi MS
1911 #1 1 (70 kt) near Gulf Beach FL (near AL/FL state line)
1912 #4 1 (70 kt) near MS/AL border
1916 #1 3 (105 kt) near or just west of Biloxi MS
1916 #13 2 (100 kt) 1 near Pensacola FL
1926 #6 3 (95 kt) 1 near Fort Morgan AL
1932 #3 1 (70 kt) near Fort Morgan AL; east of Bayou La Batre AL
1950 Baker 1 (75 kt) near or just east of Fort Morgan AL; near or just south of Point Clear AL
1979 Frederic 3 (115 kt) 1 Dauphin Island AL; near or just W of Bayou La Batre AL
1985 Elena 3 (100 kt; 959 mb) just offshore south of AL then Gulfport MS (30.4/89.2)
1997 Danny 1 (70 kt; 984 mb) near Fort Morgan AL (30.2/88.1/70 kt/ 984 mb); near Mullet Point AL (30.4/87.9/ 65 kt/ 986 mb)
2004 Ivan 3 (105 kt; 946 mb) near Pine Beach AL (9 nm WSW of Gulf Shore AL) (30.2/87.9)
NORTHERN FLORIDA GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1903 #3 1 (80 kt) just off Port St. Joe FL; Panama City FL
1906 #6 2 (95 kt) between Pascagoula MS and Biloxi MS
1911 #1 1 (70 kt) near Gulf Beach FL (near AL/FL state line)
1915 #4 1 (80 kt) between Panama City and Port St. Joe FL
1916 #13 2 (100 kt) 1 near Pensacola FL
1917 #3 3 (85 kt) 1 near Fort Walton Beach FL
1924 #4 1 (65 kt) near Panama City Beach FL
1926 #6 3 (95 kt) 1 near Fort Morgan FL
1929 #2 2 (65 kt) 1 near Indian Pass FL
1935 #2 2 (75 kt) 1 near Steinhatchee FL
1936 #5 3 (80 kt) 1 near Fort Walton Beach FL
1939 #2 1 (70 kt) 1 near Apalachicola FL
1941 #5 2 (75 kt) 1 near Carrabelle FL
1945 #1 1 (80 kt) near Crystal River FL
1950 Easy 3 (105 kt) spun off Clearwater FL; near or south of Homosassa FL; near Aripeka FL
1953 Florence 1 (80 kt) near Blue Mountain Beach/ Seagrave Beach/ Point Washington FL
1956 Flossy 1 (80 kt) near Destin FL
1966 Alma 2 (80 kt) 1 near St. Teresa and near Wakula Beach/St. Marks FL
1968 Gladys 2 (70 kt) near Homosassa FL
1972 Agnes 1 (65 kt) near Mexico Beach FL
1975 Eloise 3 (110 kt) near Santa Rosa Beach FL
1985 Elena 3 (100 kt; 959 mb) offshore near NW Florida then Gulfport MS (30.4/89.2)
1985 Kate 2 (85 kt; 967 mb) between Panama City FL and Port St. Joe (30.0/85.4)
1995 Erin 2 (85 kt; 973 mb) near Vero Beach FL (27.7/80.3/ 75 kt/ 984 mb); near Fort Walton Beach FL (eyewall, 85 kt); Pensacola Beach FL (30.3/87.2/ 75kt; 973 mb)
1995 Opal 3 (100 kt; 942 mb) Pensacola Beach FL (30.3/ 87.1)
1998 Earl 1 (70 kt; 987 mb) near Panama City FL (30.1/ 85.7)
2004 Ivan 3 (105 kt; 946 mb) near Pine Beach AL (9 nm WSW of Gulf Shore AL) (30.2/87.9)
2004 Jeanne 1 southern end of Hutchinson Island just east of Stuart FL. (27.2/80.2). maintained hurricane intensity into western Florida to somewhere near Bartow/Lakeland
2005 Dennis 3 (105 kt; 946 mb) Santa Rosa Island FL (10 W Navarre Beach)
SOUTHERN FLORIDA GULF COAST
Year Name
Intensity
Landfall location
Landfall Max
1906 #2 1 (75 kt) near or west of Marathon FL; near or east of Flamingo FL
1906 #8 3 (105 kt) near Marathon FL; near or east of Flamingo FL
1909 #10 3 (100 kt) skirted or over Florida Keys (SW to NE)
1910 #5 2 (95 kt) near Sanibel, Cape Coral and Fort Myers FL
1916 #14 1 (70 kt) skirted or over Florida Keys (SW to NE)
1919 #2 4 (115 kt) skirted near westernmost keys
1921 #6 3 (90 kt) 1 near or north of Clearwater FL
1924 #7 1 (80 kt) near or north of Everglades City FL
1925 #2 1 (65 kt) near or between Sarasota and Venice FL
1926 #6 3 (110 kt) onshore from Atlantic; offshore into gulf near Bonita Springs. may have moved onto Sanibel Island.
1935 #2 5 (140 kt) near Long Key or Lower Matecumbe Key
1941 #5 1 (95 kt) 1 came onshore from Atlantic; offshore into gulf near or north of Naples
1944 #11 2 (65 kt) 1 near Englewood FL
1946 #5 3 (65 kt) 1 near St. Petersburg FL
1947 #4 2 (85 kt) came onshore from Atlantic; offshore into the gulf near Naples FL
1948 #7 3 (105 kt) between Everglades City FL and Ponce de Leon Bay
1960 Donna 4 (120 kt) perhaps near Long Key; and again near or SE of Marco FL
1964 Isabell 2 (110 kt) 1 near or just S of Everglades City FL
1966 Inez 1 (75 kt) Floirda Keys from Key Largo to Key West
1987 Floyd 1 (65 kt) Florida Keys
1992 Andrew 3 (115 kt) 1 came onshore from Atlantic; offshore into the gulf near or north of Lostmans River
1998 Georges 2 (90 kt; 981 mb) Key West FL (24.5/81.8)
1999 Irene 1 (70 kt; 987 mb) Key West FL (24.6/81.6/65 kt/987 mb); Cape Sable FL (25.3/81.1/70 kt/987 mb)
2004 Charley 4 (130 kt; 941 mb) near Cayo Costa FL (26.6/82.2/130 kt/ 941 mb); near Punta Gorda FL (26.9/82.1/125 kt/ 942 mb)
2004 Frances 1 near southern end of Hutchinson Island FL (27.2/80.2). maintained hurricane intensity inland to E or N of Sebring.
2004 Jeanne 1 southern end of Hutchinson Island just east of Stuart FL. (27.2/80.2). maintained hurricane intensity inland into western Florida to somewhere near Bartow/Lakeland
2005 Wilma 3 (105 kt; 950 mb) near Cape Romano FL (20 W Everglades City)
  • This list is derived from data from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) . It is derived as described below. This list is mainly for general information about where gulf coast hurricanes have struck, and may or may not be consistent with NHC data. For the best data on a particular hurricane, please go to the NHC.
  • 1 Inclusion on the list and category at landfall taken from "Trailer" information from the "Hurricane Best Track" database. There are occasional inconsistencies with this landfall category and the wind data taken as described below. These are footnoted. This difference may be due to change of intensity of the hurricane between the last 6-hourly observation and the landfall, or by a mis-transcription.
  • Landfall data and locations since 1986 taken from "Tropical Cyclone Reports" by the NHC. Landfall locations before 1986 taken from interpolation of 6-hourly coordinates from "Hurricane Best Track" data (which would smooth out any small-scale curves in the path, but should still give a good idea of general location of landfall). Before 1986, the last 6-hourly pressure and wind speed is used to estimate landfall conditions. Again, this may not be the most accurate, but should give a general idea of conditions.
  • Maximum intensity is taken from highest wind speed of the 6-hourly data in the "Hurdat" database.
  • Landfall coordinates are with respect to the center of circulation. The eye and hurricane force winds will be broader.