







TABLE 1 















TEXAS 



HURRICANES 



OF RECORD 









Approximate 

 Location of 

 Landfall 



Date of 

 Landfall 



CPI 



(inches of 



Mercury ) 



R 

 (N.M.) ( 



Vp 

 Knots) 



Peak * 



Surge 



(ft. MSL) 



P 

 Years** 



Galveston 



8 



Sep 



1900 



27. 6U 



Ik 



10 



11.0 



280 



Freeport 



21 



Jul 



1909 



28.31 



19 



12 



9.0 



16 



Galveston 



16 



Aug 



1915 



28.1^ 



32 



11 



12.7 



8 



Mustang Island 



18 



Aug 



1916 



28.00 



35 



11 



9.2 



7 



Port Aransas 



Ik 



Sep 



1919 



28.00 



20 



20 



11.1 



iQk 



Port O'Connor 



22 



Jun 



1921 



28.17 



17 



11 



7.1 



13 



Port O'Connor 



28 



Jun 



1929 



28.62 



13 



15 



3.0 



63 



Freeport 



13 



Aug 



1932 



27.83 



12 



15 



6.1 



792 



Port Isabel 



k 



Aug 



1933 



28.80 



25 



10 



U.5 



11 



Port Isabel 



5 



Sep 



1933 



28.02 



20 



8 



11.0 



93 



Galveston 



T 



Aug 



19^0 



28.76 



11 



8 



2.1 



135 



Freeport 



23 



Sep 



19^1 



28.31 



21 



13 



9.5 



17 



Port O'Connor 



30 



Aug 



19U2 



28.07 



18 



Ik 



10.0 



38 



Port Bolivar 



27 



Jul 



19^3 



28.78 



16 



8 



3.0 



22 



Port Aransas 



27 



Aug 



19U5 



28.57 



18 



k 



9.0 



52 



Freeport 



k 



Oct 



19U9 



28.88 



28 



11 



7.8 



3 



Galveston 



25 



Jun 



1959 



29.07 



17 



5 



2.8 



k3 



Port O'Connor 



11 



Sep 



1961 



27. 6U 



26 



k 



12.3 



289 



High Island 



17 



Sep 



1963 



29.^1 



30 



10 



k.2 



3 



* Estimated peak surge height on the open coast 

 ** Estimated number of years between events. 



