NHC AL041970 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Celia (1970)
July 31, 1970 – August 5, 1970
Hurricane Celia peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 67 US cities, 61 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 67
- At hurricane strength
- 61
- States
- 1
138 mph
when closest
Cities Celia passed near, strongest first
Texas (67)
- Port AransasCategory 4 · 2 mi
- SeadriftCategory 4 · 48 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 4 · 62 mi
- RockportCategory 4 · 17 mi
- Aransas PassCategory 4 · 6 mi
- InglesideCategory 4 · 1 mi
- GregoryCategory 4 · 2 mi
- PortlandCategory 3 · overhead
- Corpus ChristiCategory 3 · 13 mi
- InezCategory 3 · 75 mi
- TaftCategory 3 · 4 mi
- RefugioCategory 3 · 29 mi
- VictoriaCategory 3 · 66 mi
- SintonCategory 3 · 5 mi
- OdemCategory 3 · 4 mi
- RobstownCategory 3 · 17 mi
- BishopCategory 3 · 30 mi
- KingsvilleCategory 3 · 39 mi
- FalfurriasCategory 3 · 65 mi
- GoliadCategory 3 · 47 mi
- PremontCategory 3 · 54 mi
- SkidmoreCategory 3 · 11 mi
- MathisCategory 2 · overhead
- SandiaCategory 2 · 5 mi
- BeevilleCategory 2 · 22 mi
- AliceCategory 2 · 30 mi
- YorktownCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Orange GroveCategory 2 · 15 mi
- KenedyCategory 2 · 43 mi
- George WestCategory 2 · 3 mi
- San DiegoCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Karnes CityCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Three RiversCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Falls CityCategory 2 · 51 mi
- StockdaleCategory 2 · 70 mi
- FreerCategory 2 · 27 mi
- FloresvilleCategory 1 · 60 mi
- La VerniaCategory 1 · 74 mi
- AdkinsCategory 1 · 70 mi
- PleasantonCategory 1 · 41 mi
- ElmendorfCategory 1 · 60 mi
- JourdantonCategory 1 · 33 mi
- PoteetCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Fort Sam HoustonCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Von OrmyCategory 1 · 55 mi
- SomersetCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Jbsa LacklandCategory 1 · 66 mi
- San AntonioCategory 1 · 73 mi
- AtascosaCategory 1 · 57 mi
- LaredoCategory 1 · 73 mi
- LytleCategory 1 · 51 mi
- CotullaCategory 1 · 9 mi
- NataliaCategory 1 · 48 mi
- LacosteCategory 1 · 56 mi
- DevineCategory 1 · 44 mi
- CastrovilleCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PearsallCategory 1 · 23 mi
- DilleyCategory 1 · 10 mi
- MicoCategory 1 · 70 mi
- HondoCategory 1 · 54 mi
and 7 more
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.