Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 12–20, 1916
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 1916 Texas Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1916 Atlantic season. It formed on August 12, 1916, 311 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 932 mb on August 18, 1916, and made landfall 43 mi NNE of Raymondville, Texas on August 18, 1916 as a Category 4 hurricane (132 mph). The storm lasted 7.8 days and travelled about 3,414 miles (5,493 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18, 1916 · 22:00 UTC | 43 mi NNE of Raymondville, Texas | Cat 4 132 mph | 932 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | 29 mi | Aug 15 · 23:00 UTC | Cat 1 85 mph |
| New Kingston, Jamaica | 30 mi | Aug 15 · 23:00 UTC | Cat 1 85 mph |
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 41 mi | Aug 17 · 09:00 UTC | Cat 3 115 mph |
| Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 70 mi | Aug 18 · 20:00 UTC | Cat 4 132 mph |
| Brownsville, Texas | 68 mi | Aug 18 · 20:00 UTC | Cat 4 132 mph |
| McAllen, Texas | 73 mi | Aug 18 · 23:00 UTC | Cat 3 118 mph |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 48 mi | Aug 19 · 00:00 UTC | Cat 2 104 mph |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 43 mi | Aug 19 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Laredo, Texas | 42 mi | Aug 19 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Midland, Texas | 60 mi | Aug 20 · 00:00 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 12 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.4°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.5°N 56.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.6°N 57.8°W | 127 mi ENE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.8°N 59.2°W | 56 mi NNE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.9°N 60.6°W | 20 mi E of Dennery, Saint Lucia |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.0°N 62.0°W | 67 mi W of Castries, Saint Lucia |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.1°N 63.6°W | 173 mi WSW of Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 65.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.3°N 66.9°W | 175 mi NNE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Aug 14 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.5°N 68.5°W | 159 mi NNE of Bandabou, Curacao |
| Aug 14 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.7°N 70.0°W | 147 mi N of Noord, Aruba |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.0°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.4°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.0°N 74.0°W | 152 mi S of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.8°N 75.6°W | 114 mi SE of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Aug 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.8°N 77.3°W | 12 mi SSW of May Pen, Jamaica |
| Aug 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.9°N 79.0°W | 61 mi NW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Aug 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.8°N 80.7°W | 45 mi NE of Further Ground, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 20.5°N 82.4°W | 99 mi SSE of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Aug 17 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.0°N 84.1°W | 83 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Aug 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 21.5°N 85.8°W | 71 mi ENE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 17 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 22.0°N 87.6°W | 75 mi NW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 17 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 22.8°N 89.4°W | 106 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 18 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 23.7°N 91.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 24.6°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 25.5°N 94.7°W | 177 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 18 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 932 mb | 26.4°N 96.3°W | 83 mi ENE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 18 22:00 | Cat 4 LANDFALL | 132 mph | 932 mb | 27.0°N 97.4°W | 43 mi NNE of Raymondville, Texas |
| Aug 19 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 940 mb | 27.2°N 97.8°W | 22 mi S of Kingsville, Texas |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 28.1°N 99.3°W | 43 mi NNE of Laredo, Texas |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 29.1°N 100.7°W | 22 mi SE of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.1°N 101.7°W | 70 mi NW of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 31.2°N 102.5°W | 45 mi S of Odessa, Texas |
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Questions
1916 Texas Hurricane made landfall once: 43 mi NNE of Raymondville, Texas on August 18, 1916 at 22:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds.
At its peak on August 18, 1916, 1916 Texas Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a central pressure of 932 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 4 hurricane.
7.8 days, from August 12, 1916 to August 20, 1916, including 102 hours at hurricane strength (36 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,414 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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