Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 5–23, 1915
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
The 1915 Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1915 Atlantic season. It formed on August 5, 1915, 173 mi WSW of Assomada, Cabo Verde, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb on August 14, 1915, and made landfall 12 mi S of Santa Fe, Texas on August 17, 1915 as a Category 4 hurricane (132 mph). The storm lasted 18.3 days and travelled about 6,681 miles (10,750 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17, 1915 · 07:00 UTC | 12 mi S of Santa Fe, Texas | Cat 4 132 mph | 940 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | 27 mi | Aug 13 · 07:00 UTC | Cat 2 110 mph |
| Houston, Texas | 26 mi | Aug 17 · 10:00 UTC | Cat 2 105 mph |
| Austin, Texas | 66 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Dallas, Texas | 67 mi | Aug 19 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 20 mi | Aug 21 · 12:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Columbus, Ohio | 73 mi | Aug 21 · 20:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | 25 mi | Aug 22 · 11:00 UTC | TD 30 mph |
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 25 mi | Aug 22 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | 15 mi | Aug 23 · 02:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Montréal, Quebec, Canada | 35 mi | Aug 23 · 09:00 UTC | TD 29 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.0°N 26.0°W | 118 mi WSW of São Filipe, Cabo Verde |
| Aug 5 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.0°N 27.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 29.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 31.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 33.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 34.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.3°N 36.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.4°N 37.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.5°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.6°N 40.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.6°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.7°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.8°N 45.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.8°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.9°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.0°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.1°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.1°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.2°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.2°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.3°N 58.5°W | 169 mi NNE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.3°N 59.7°W | 93 mi ENE of Le Robert, Martinique |
| Aug 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.4°N 60.6°W | 50 mi NNE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique |
| Aug 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.5°N 61.5°W | 16 mi NNW of Roseau, Dominica |
| Aug 11 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.7°N 62.7°W | 68 mi WSW of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 11 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.0°N 64.4°W | 122 mi S of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Aug 12 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.3°N 66.4°W | 119 mi S of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 12 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.6°N 68.4°W | 131 mi SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 12 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.0°N 70.4°W | 89 mi S of Baní, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 12 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.4°N 72.4°W | 58 mi S of Jacmel, Haiti |
| Aug 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 17.8°N 74.4°W | 51 mi WSW of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 18.3°N 76.4°W | near Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Aug 13 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.8°N 78.2°W | 29 mi NW of Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Aug 13 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 19.3°N 79.4°W | 99 mi NW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Aug 14 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 19.8°N 80.6°W | 50 mi NE of Further Ground, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 14 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 20.4°N 82.1°W | 84 mi NNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 14 12:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 21.0°N 83.4°W | 72 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Aug 14 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 21.7°N 84.7°W | 49 mi SSW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 22.3°N 85.8°W | 103 mi NE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 15 06:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 22.9°N 86.6°W | 120 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 15 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 23.5°N 87.5°W | 166 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 15 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 24.1°N 88.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 24.7°N 89.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 25.4°N 90.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 26.2°N 91.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 27.1°N 92.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 28.0°N 93.7°W | 112 mi SE of Galveston, Texas |
| Aug 17 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 940 mb | 28.9°N 95.0°W | 22 mi E of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 17 07:00 | Cat 4 LANDFALL | 132 mph | 940 mb | 29.2°N 95.1°W | 12 mi S of Santa Fe, Texas |
| Aug 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 29.6°N 95.9°W | near Rosenberg, Texas |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 30.2°N 96.5°W | near Brenham, Texas |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 30.6°N 96.7°W | 20 mi WSW of Bryan, Texas |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 31.0°N 96.6°W | 26 mi NNW of Bryan, Texas |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 31.3°N 96.4°W | 43 mi N of Bryan, Texas |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 31.7°N 96.1°W | 28 mi W of Palestine, Texas |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.3°N 95.8°W | near Athens, Texas |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 32.9°N 95.3°W | 24 mi SE of Sulphur Springs, Texas |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 33.6°N 94.6°W | 34 mi WNW of Texarkana, Texas |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 34.3°N 93.5°W | 29 mi WSW of Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 35.2°N 92.4°W | near Conway, Arkansas |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 36.2°N 91.2°W | 37 mi NW of Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.0°N 90.1°W | 23 mi NE of Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 37.7°N 89.1°W | near Carbondale, Illinois |
| Aug 21 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.2°N 88.1°W | 33 mi WNW of Evansville, Indiana |
| Aug 21 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 38.8°N 87.1°W | 10 mi NNE of Washington, Indiana |
| Aug 21 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 39.5°N 86.0°W | near Franklin, Indiana |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 40.4°N 84.5°W | 11 mi SSE of Celina, Ohio |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 41.5°N 82.7°W | near Sandusky, Ohio |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 42.6°N 80.7°W | 18 mi S of Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 43.5°N 79.0°W | 25 mi SE of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 44.3°N 77.5°W | 11 mi NNW of Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 45.0°N 76.1°W | 10 mi SSE of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 45.6°N 74.7°W | near Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 46.2°N 73.4°W | 13 mi N of Joliette, Quebec, Canada |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 47.0°N 72.4°W | 11 mi SSW of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada |
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1915 Galveston Hurricane made landfall once: 12 mi S of Santa Fe, Texas on August 17, 1915 at 07:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds.
At its peak on August 14, 1915, 1915 Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a central pressure of 940 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 4 hurricane.
18.3 days, from August 5, 1915 to August 23, 1915, including 210 hours at hurricane strength (96 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 6,681 miles.
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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