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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit La Marque, TX

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

63 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of La Marque, Texas since 1851, 30 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 209 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
30

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
33

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
209

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

13 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near La Marque

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of La Marque, Texas, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024BerylJul 859 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 5
2021NicholasSep 1411 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2019ImeldaSep 1730 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
2017HarveyAug 2974 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
2008IkeSep 1313 miCategory 2 (108 mph)Category 4
2008EdouardAug 541 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
2007HumbertoSep 1327 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
2003GraceAug 3113 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2001AllisonJun 619 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1995DeanJul 3121 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1989JerryOct 16overheadCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1989ChantalAug 135 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1989AllisonJun 2644 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1987Unnamed 1987 stormAug 1029 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1986BonnieJun 2649 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 1
1983AliciaAug 1816 miCategory 2 (109 mph)Category 3
1982ChrisSep 1163 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1980DanielleSep 62 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1979ClaudetteJul 2467 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1978DebraAug 2867 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1973DeliaSep 526 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1971EdithSep 1666 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 5
1971FernSep 1063 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1970FeliceSep 1620 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1964AbbyAug 753 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1963CindySep 1741 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1959DebraJul 2510 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1957BerthaAug 1055 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1957AudreyJun 2771 miCategory 3 (127 mph)Category 3
1949Unnamed 1949 stormOct 430 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 2
1947Unnamed 1947 stormAug 255 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 1
1945Unnamed 1945 stormAug 2862 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
1943Unnamed 1943 stormJul 2718 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 2
1942Unnamed 1942 stormAug 2123 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 1
1941Unnamed 1941 stormSep 2438 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1940Unnamed 1940 stormSep 2325 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1940Unnamed 1940 stormAug 850 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormOct 17overheadTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormAug 2725 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1932Unnamed 1932 stormAug 1429 miCategory 4 (150 mph)Category 4
1921Unnamed 1921 stormJun 2260 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 1714 miCategory 4 (132 mph)Category 4
1909Unnamed 1909 stormJul 2137 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 3
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 918 miCategory 4 (135 mph)Category 4
1899Unnamed 1899 stormJun 2718 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1898Unnamed 1898 stormSep 2817 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 1346 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1895Unnamed 1895 stormOct 711 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1891Unnamed 1891 stormJul 622 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 1
1888Unnamed 1888 stormJul 538 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormJun 1763 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 1431 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 2
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1573 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1880Unnamed 1880 stormJun 2461 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 2335 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormSep 1766 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1875Unnamed 1875 stormSep 1762 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 3
1871Unnamed 1871 stormJun 92 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1871Unnamed 1871 stormJun 417 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1867Unnamed 1867 stormOct 358 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormJul 1469 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 2911 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1854Unnamed 1854 stormSep 1838 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in La Marque: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of La Marque

By decade

  • 2020s7(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s27
  • 2000s27(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s28
  • 1980s49
  • 1970s40(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s19(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s12(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near La Marque, Texas
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 12, 1961F412 mi1 mi8 / 200
Oct 28, 1974F323 mi3.3 mi1 / 7
Feb 11, 1950F321 mi12 mi1 / 12
Jan 24, 2023EF323 mi23.3 mi0 / 0
Mar 30, 2002F318 mi0.7 mi0 / 0
Mar 8, 1976F313 mi12.7 mi0 / 18
Aug 18, 1967F35 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 12, 1961F39 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 18, 1961F312 mi2.5 mi0 / 5
May 21, 1959F312 mi4.3 mi0 / 0
Dec 28, 2024EF214 mi8.9 mi1 / 5
Apr 17, 1964F225 mi21.9 mi1 / 2

The strongest 12 of 209, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of La Marque while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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