1945 Texas Hurricane

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 24–29, 1945

Peak wind
115 mph
185 km/h · Aug 26
Peak category
Cat 3
Saffir–Simpson
Lowest pressure
963 mb
Landfalls
1
Texas
Lifetime
5.8 d
Aug 24 – Aug 29
Distance
887 mi
1,427 km
ACE
12.2
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 1945 Texas Hurricane

The 1945 Texas Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1945 Atlantic season. It formed on August 24, 1945, 145 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 963 mb on August 26, 1945, and made landfall 25 mi ENE of Rockport, Texas on August 27, 1945 as a Category 3 hurricane (115 mph). It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on August 25, 1945). The storm lasted 5.8 days and travelled about 887 miles (1,427 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)WhereStrengthPressure
August 27, 1945 · 12:00 UTC25 mi ENE of Rockport, TexasCat 3 115 mph963 mb

Closest approach to major cities

CityDistance to centerWhen (UTC)Storm strength then
Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico66 miAug 26 · 03:00 UTCCat 2 106 mph
Brownsville, Texas65 miAug 26 · 03:00 UTCCat 2 106 mph
Corpus Christi, Texas24 miAug 27 · 06:00 UTCCat 3 115 mph
Pasadena, Texas50 miAug 28 · 08:00 UTCTS 69 mph
Houston, Texas42 miAug 28 · 09:00 UTCTS 66 mph
Cypress, Texas25 miAug 28 · 12:00 UTCTS 58 mph
Irving, Texas74 miAug 29 · 16:00 UTCTD 25 mph
Grand Prairie, Texas68 miAug 29 · 16:00 UTCTD 25 mph
Arlington, Texas64 miAug 29 · 17:00 UTCTD 24 mph
Fort Worth, Texas55 miAug 29 · 18:00 UTCTD 23 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 24 positions

Date · UTCStatusWindPressurePositionNearest place
Aug 24 00:00TS 46 mph—20.5°N 94.4°W145 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Aug 24 06:00TS 52 mph—21.3°N 94.7°W174 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Aug 24 12:00TS 58 mph—22.0°N 95.0°W171 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico
Aug 24 18:00TS 63 mph—22.6°N 95.3°W164 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 00:00TS 69 mph—23.3°N 95.6°W161 mi ENE of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 06:00Cat 1 81 mph—24.0°N 95.8°W153 mi E of Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 12:00Cat 1 92 mph—24.7°N 96.0°W124 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 25 18:00Cat 2 98 mph—25.3°N 96.2°W91 mi ESE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 26 00:00Cat 2 104 mph—25.9°N 96.4°W69 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 26 06:00Cat 2 109 mph—26.5°N 96.6°W71 mi NE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Aug 26 12:00Cat 3 115 mph—27.0°N 96.8°W66 mi SSE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 26 18:00Cat 3 115 mph—27.3°N 96.9°W46 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 27 00:00Cat 3 115 mph—27.5°N 97.0°W32 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 27 06:00Cat 3 115 mph—27.8°N 97.0°W24 mi E of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 27 12:00Cat 3 LANDFALL 115 mph963 mb28.2°N 96.7°W25 mi ENE of Rockport, Texas
Aug 27 18:00Cat 2 104 mph966 mb28.6°N 96.3°W20 mi E of Port Lavaca, Texas
Aug 28 00:00Cat 1 86 mph—28.9°N 96.1°W10 mi SW of Bay City, Texas
Aug 28 06:00Cat 1 75 mph980 mb29.4°N 96.0°W16 mi SW of Rosenberg, Texas
Aug 28 12:00TS 58 mph987 mb29.9°N 96.1°W25 mi W of Cypress, Texas
Aug 28 18:00TS 46 mph993 mb30.5°N 96.3°Wnear College Station, Texas
Aug 29 00:00TS 40 mph998 mb31.0°N 96.6°W26 mi NNW of Bryan, Texas
Aug 29 06:00TD 35 mph1002 mb31.5°N 97.1°Wnear Waco, Texas
Aug 29 12:00TD 29 mph1006 mb31.8°N 97.5°W27 mi NW of Waco, Texas
Aug 29 18:00TD 23 mph1009 mb32.1°N 97.9°W20 mi ESE of Stephenville, Texas

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did 1945 Texas Hurricane make landfall?

1945 Texas Hurricane made landfall once: 25 mi ENE of Rockport, Texas on August 27, 1945 at 12:00 UTC, as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.

What category was 1945 Texas Hurricane?

At its peak on August 26, 1945, 1945 Texas Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a central pressure of 963 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 3 hurricane.

How long did 1945 Texas Hurricane last?

5.8 days, from August 24, 1945 to August 29, 1945, including 78 hours at hurricane strength (30 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 887 miles.

Where can I download the track data for 1945 Texas 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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