OFFICIAL-SOURCE HISTORY
Current Hurricane Center →Past Texas Hurricanes
Explore landmark Texas storms alongside detailed recaps assembled from preserved National Hurricane Center advisories.
13 records
ARCHIVED STORM TRACKSSelect a record below
Tracks show preserved advisory positions, not the full footprint of impacts.
RECAPS BY SEASONPublished records
INTENSITY MIXPeak archived wind
COMMON ARCHIVED HAZARDSRecap mentions
Edouard 2026 Storm Recap
Official-source timeline and permanent archive for Edouard.
50 mph peak wind 18 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Harvey
Category 4 Texas landfall near Rockport, followed by catastrophic prolonged rainfall and flooding.
130 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Ike
Large Category 2 hurricane that crossed Galveston Island with destructive upper-coast storm surge.
110 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Rita
Category 3 landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border after reaching Category 5 strength over the Gulf.
115 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Bret
Compact Category 3 hurricane that made landfall on Padre Island in South Texas.
115 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Alicia
Category 3 hurricane that struck Galveston and the Houston area with widespread wind damage.
115 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Celia
Small but intense Category 3 hurricane remembered for extreme wind damage around Corpus Christi.
125 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Carla
Powerful Category 4 hurricane whose enormous circulation produced severe surge and tornado impacts.
145 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Hurricane Audrey
Category 3 hurricane that devastated the Texas–Louisiana coastal region with deadly storm surge.
125 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Freeport Hurricane
Major Category 4 hurricane that struck the middle Texas coast near Freeport.
150 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Galveston Hurricane
Category 4 hurricane that tested Galveston’s seawall and caused extensive coastal destruction.
130 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Great Galveston Hurricane
Catastrophic Category 4 hurricane and storm surge; the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.
145 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Indianola Hurricane
Devastating Category 4 hurricane that effectively ended Indianola’s role as a major Texas port.
155 mph peak wind 0 advisories
Full recap →Showing the six most recent records first.