The list of Texas hurricanes lists tropical storms and hurricanes that hit the U.S. State of Texas during that 50-year period.
1900-1929
September 8-9, 1900: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane hit Galveston, Texas . The storm killed 8,000 to 12,000 people, mostly in Texas. It also caused $30 million in damage. It was the deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States .
August 16-18, 1915: The 1915 Galveston hurricane hit just to the southwest of Galveston. The storm caused $56 million in damage in Texas alone. There were 111 deaths in or near Texas.[ 1]
September 14-15, 1919: The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane struck near Corpus Christi, Texas . The storm took 284 to 300 lives near Corpus Christi.[ 2]
1930-1949
August 13-14, 1932: The 1932 Freeport hurricane hit around Freeport . The storm caused forty deaths in Texas.[ 3]
September 4-5, 1933: The eleventh storm struck just north of Brownsville . It killed 179 people. It caused $28 million in damage.
August 29-30, 1942: The 1942 Matagorda hurricane hit around Matagorda, Texas . It did $26.5 million in damage in south-central Texas. Eight people died.
July 27, 1943: The 1943 Surprise Hurricane hit at the Bolivar Peninsula , near Galveston. It was a Category 2 storm having winds near 105 mph. The storm killed 19 people. It caused $17 million in damage.
References
↑ The 1915 Monthly Weather Review (PDF) (Report). NOAA. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .
↑ The 1919 Monthly Weather Review (PDF) (Report). NOAA. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .
↑ The 1932 Monthly Weather Review (PDF) (Report). NOAA. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .