1900 Galveston Hurricane

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 27 – September 15, 1900

Peak wind

144 mph

232 km/h · Sep 7

Peak category

Cat 4

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

936 mb

Landfalls

Texas

Lifetime

19.8 d

Aug 27 – Sep 15

Distance

7,939 mi

12,774 km

ACE

22.5

storm energy

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.

01 · The story

What happened with 1900 Galveston Hurricane

The 1900 Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1900 Atlantic season. It formed on August 27, 1900, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 936 mb on September 7, 1900, and made landfall 21 mi ENE of Lake Jackson, Texas on September 9, 1900 as a Category 4 hurricane (138 mph). It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 121 mph on September 7, 1900). The storm lasted 19.8 days and travelled about 7,939 miles (12,774 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfall and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
September 9, 1900 · 02:00 UTC	21 mi ENE of Lake Jackson, Texas	Cat 4 138 mph	936 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	19 mi	Sep 1 · 22:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	63 mi	Sep 2 · 05:00 UTC	TS 41 mph
Port-au-Prince, Haiti	31 mi	Sep 2 · 11:00 UTC	TS 40 mph
Havana, Havana, Cuba	55 mi	Sep 5 · 21:00 UTC	TS 66 mph
Houston, Texas	22 mi	Sep 9 · 05:00 UTC	Cat 3 112 mph
Dallas, Texas	52 mi	Sep 9 · 20:00 UTC	TS 56 mph
Chicago, Illinois	62 mi	Sep 11 · 19:00 UTC	TS 58 mph
Toronto, Ontario, Canada	41 mi	Sep 12 · 06:00 UTC	TS 69 mph
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	31 mi	Sep 12 · 11:00 UTC	Cat 1 74 mph
Montréal, Quebec, Canada	direct hit	Sep 12 · 13:00 UTC	Cat 1 75 mph

Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.

04 · Timeline

Every official fix 81 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 27 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.0°N 42.1°W	open ocean
Aug 27 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.2°N 43.4°W	open ocean
Aug 27 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.3°N 44.7°W	open ocean
Aug 27 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.4°N 45.6°W	open ocean
Aug 28 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.6°N 46.6°W	open ocean
Aug 28 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	15.8°N 47.9°W	open ocean
Aug 28 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.0°N 49.1°W	open ocean
Aug 28 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.1°N 50.3°W	open ocean
Aug 29 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.3°N 51.4°W	open ocean
Aug 29 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.4°N 52.4°W	open ocean
Aug 29 12:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.5°N 53.7°W	open ocean
Aug 29 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.6°N 55.1°W	open ocean
Aug 30 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.8°N 56.6°W	open ocean
Aug 30 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.9°N 58.0°W	open ocean
Aug 30 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.0°N 59.3°W	141 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Aug 30 18:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.0°N 60.6°W	68 mi NE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe
Aug 31 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.1°N 61.9°W	near Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Aug 31 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.2°N 63.3°W	39 mi W of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aug 31 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.3°N 64.7°W	30 mi S of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aug 31 18:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.4°N 65.6°W	53 mi SE of Guayama, Puerto Rico
Sep 1 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.5°N 66.4°W	38 mi SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sep 1 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.6°N 67.4°W	38 mi SSW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Sep 1 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	17.7°N 68.3°W	61 mi S of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Sep 1 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	18.0°N 69.2°W	32 mi SSE of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Sep 2 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	18.3°N 70.3°W	near Baní, Dominican Republic
Sep 2 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	18.7°N 71.3°W	near San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Sep 2 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.0°N 72.3°W	near Désarmes, Haiti
Sep 2 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.3°N 73.2°W	35 mi WNW of Saint-Marc, Haiti
Sep 3 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.5°N 74.1°W	52 mi S of Maisí, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Sep 3 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	19.7°N 75.0°W	34 mi SSE of Guantánamo, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Sep 3 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	20.0°N 76.0°W	12 mi W of Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Sep 3 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	20.3°N 76.6°W	near Bayamo, Granma Province, Cuba
Sep 4 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	20.6°N 77.2°W	19 mi NNW of Manzanillo, Granma Province, Cuba
Sep 4 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.0°N 77.7°W	14 mi NNW of Amancio, Las Tunas Province, Cuba
Sep 4 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.3°N 78.3°W	10 mi WNW of Vertientes, Camagüey, Cuba
Sep 4 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.6°N 78.9°W	12 mi SW of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba
Sep 5 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	22.0°N 79.5°W	near Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Sep 5 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	22.4°N 80.1°W	near Ranchuelo, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Sep 5 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	23.0°N 80.7°W	near Corralillo, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Sep 5 18:00	TS	63 mph	—	23.5°N 81.5°W	32 mi N of Matanzas, Matanzas Province, Cuba
Sep 6 00:00	TS	69 mph	—	24.1°N 82.3°W	45 mi SW of Key West, Florida
Sep 6 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	24.8°N 83.2°W	91 mi W of Key West, Florida
Sep 6 12:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	25.5°N 84.1°W	152 mi WSW of Cape Coral, Florida
Sep 6 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	974 mb	26.1°N 85.2°W	186 mi WSW of Sarasota, Florida
Sep 7 00:00	Cat 2	109 mph	—	26.5°N 86.2°W	open ocean
Sep 7 06:00	Cat 3	121 mph	—	26.8°N 87.4°W	open ocean
Sep 7 12:00	Cat 4	132 mph	—	27.0°N 88.7°W	open ocean
Sep 7 18:00	Cat 4	144 mph	—	27.2°N 89.7°W	177 mi SSE of Houma, Louisiana
Sep 8 00:00	Cat 4	144 mph	—	27.4°N 90.6°W	152 mi S of Houma, Louisiana
Sep 8 06:00	Cat 4	144 mph	—	27.6°N 91.5°W	146 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana
Sep 8 12:00	Cat 4	138 mph	—	27.8°N 92.4°W	150 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana
Sep 8 18:00	Cat 4	138 mph	—	28.2°N 93.5°W	109 mi SE of Galveston, Texas
Sep 9 00:00	Cat 4	138 mph	936 mb	28.9°N 94.7°W	28 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas
Sep 9 02:00	Cat 4 LANDFALL	138 mph	936 mb	29.1°N 95.1°W	21 mi ENE of Lake Jackson, Texas
Sep 9 06:00	Cat 2	104 mph	—	29.8°N 95.9°W	near Katy, Texas
Sep 9 12:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	31.0°N 96.9°W	27 mi ESE of Temple, Texas
Sep 9 18:00	TS	58 mph	—	32.2°N 97.6°W	16 mi SW of Cleburne, Texas
Sep 10 00:00	TS	52 mph	—	33.4°N 97.8°W	41 mi WNW of Denton, Texas
Sep 10 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	34.7°N 97.8°W	16 mi NNE of Duncan, Oklahoma
Sep 10 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	36.0°N 97.6°W	13 mi NW of Guthrie, Oklahoma
Sep 10 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	37.4°N 97.3°W	10 mi S of Derby, Kansas
Sep 11 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	38.8°N 96.5°W	24 mi SE of Junction City, Kansas
Sep 11 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	40.2°N 95.1°W	16 mi SW of Maryville, Missouri
Sep 11 12:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	41.5°N 92.4°W	19 mi NE of Oskaloosa, Iowa
Sep 11 18:00	TS extratropical	58 mph	—	42.6°N 88.6°W	17 mi SSE of Whitewater, Wisconsin
Sep 12 00:00	TS extratropical	63 mph	—	43.4°N 84.2°W	11 mi WSW of Saginaw Township North, Michigan
Sep 12 06:00	TS extratropical	69 mph	—	44.3°N 79.4°W	near Keswick, Ontario, Canada
Sep 12 12:00	Cat 1 extratropical	75 mph	—	45.2°N 74.5°W	17 mi NE of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Sep 12 18:00	Cat 1 extratropical	75 mph	—	46.3°N 69.3°W	67 mi ENE of Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada
Sep 13 00:00	Cat 1 extratropical	75 mph	—	47.5°N 64.0°W	78 mi ENE of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Sep 13 06:00	Cat 1 extratropical	75 mph	—	48.6°N 58.7°W	42 mi SW of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 13 12:00	Cat 1 extratropical	75 mph	—	49.7°N 53.9°W	61 mi NNE of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Sep 13 18:00	TS extratropical	69 mph	—	50.6°N 49.8°W	open ocean
Sep 14 00:00	TS extratropical	63 mph	—	51.4°N 46.2°W	open ocean
Sep 14 06:00	TS extratropical	58 mph	—	52.1°N 43.0°W	open ocean
Sep 14 12:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	—	53.0°N 40.0°W	open ocean
Sep 14 18:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	—	54.1°N 37.2°W	open ocean
Sep 15 00:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	—	55.3°N 34.6°W	open ocean
Sep 15 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	56.7°N 32.2°W	open ocean
Sep 15 12:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	58.2°N 30.0°W	open ocean
Sep 15 18:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	60.0°N 28.0°W	open ocean

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did 1900 Galveston Hurricane make landfall?

1900 Galveston Hurricane made landfall once: 21 mi ENE of Lake Jackson, Texas on September 9, 1900 at 02:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 138 mph winds.

What category was 1900 Galveston Hurricane?

At its peak on September 7, 1900, 1900 Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a central pressure of 936 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 4 hurricane.

How long did 1900 Galveston Hurricane last?

19.8 days, from August 27, 1900 to September 15, 1900, including 84 hours at hurricane strength (48 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 7,939 miles.

Where can I download the track data for 1900 Galveston Hurricane?

The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.

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