Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 17–27, 1941
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 1941 Texas Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1941 Atlantic season. It formed on September 17, 1941, 177 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 127 mph (204 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb on September 23, 1941, and made landfall 19 mi SSW of Lake Jackson, Texas on September 23, 1941 as a Category 3 hurricane (127 mph). The storm lasted 9.5 days and travelled about 3,601 miles (5,793 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 23, 1941 · 22:00 UTC | 19 mi SSW of Lake Jackson, Texas | Cat 3 127 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, Texas | 24 mi | Sep 24 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 1 79 mph |
| Houston, Texas | 14 mi | Sep 24 · 06:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 13 mi | Sep 24 · 06:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 18 mi | Sep 24 · 15:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | direct hit | Sep 24 · 21:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 63 mi | Sep 25 · 05:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Chicago, Illinois | 62 mi | Sep 25 · 10:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Joliet, Illinois | 69 mi | Sep 25 · 10:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 19 mi | Sep 25 · 13:00 UTC | TS 48 mph |
| Lansing, Michigan | 37 mi | Sep 25 · 14:00 UTC | TS 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.7°N 88.0°W | 177 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.6°N 88.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.3°N 89.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.7°N 89.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.9°N 89.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.0°N 89.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 26.0°N 89.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 25.8°N 88.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.5°N 88.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.2°N 88.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 24.8°N 88.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.5°N 88.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 24.1°N 88.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.6°N 87.7°W | 176 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 23.3°N 87.9°W | 150 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 23.8°N 88.2°W | 184 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 24.4°N 88.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 24.8°N 89.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.1°N 90.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 25.4°N 90.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.9°N 91.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 26.3°N 92.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 26.7°N 93.9°W | 180 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 23 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 27.2°N 94.8°W | 126 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 23 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 27.7°N 95.3°W | 87 mi S of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 23 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 28.3°N 95.5°W | 46 mi S of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 23 22:00 | Cat 3 LANDFALL | 127 mph | — | 28.8°N 95.6°W | 19 mi SSW of Lake Jackson, Texas |
| Sep 24 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 29.0°N 95.6°W | 10 mi WSW of Lake Jackson, Texas |
| Sep 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.8°N 95.6°W | 14 mi W of Houston, Texas |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 31.5°N 94.9°W | 15 mi NW of Lufkin, Texas |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 33.5°N 93.2°W | 16 mi N of Magnolia, Arkansas |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 989 mb | 36.0°N 91.1°W | 25 mi WNW of Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 988 mb | 38.8°N 88.7°W | 24 mi SSW of Effingham, Illinois |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 985 mb | 42.4°N 85.9°W | 18 mi WNW of Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 44.9°N 82.6°W | 42 mi ESE of Alpena, Michigan |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 47.6°N 78.9°W | 39 mi E of Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 50.3°N 74.7°W | 148 mi NW of Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec, Canada |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 53.0°N 70.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 55.6°N 67.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 58.2°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
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Questions
1941 Texas Hurricane made landfall once: 19 mi SSW of Lake Jackson, Texas on September 23, 1941 at 22:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds.
At its peak on September 23, 1941, 1941 Texas Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 127 mph (204 km/h) and a central pressure of 985 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 3 hurricane.
9.5 days, from September 17, 1941 to September 27, 1941, including 78 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,601 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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