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Storm 8 of 1933 1933

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · August 22 to September 5, 1933

Storm 8 of 1933 reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. The storm generated 16% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1933 storm. The storm came ashore in Texas as a Category 3 hurricane on September 5, 1933, with 125 mph winds.

Track of Storm 8 of 1933 from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WHavanaTexas, 125 mphPeak 160 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 8 of 1933 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Aug 23Aug 25Aug 27Aug 29Aug 31Sep 2Sep 4mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 12.6°N, 24.9°W
  2. Tropical storm 1,085 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  3. Hurricane 275 miles east-northeast of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Major hurricane 150 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  5. Peak 165 miles north-northeast of Port-De-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti; lowest pressure 940 mb
  6. Landfall Texas
  7. Last record (tropical storm) 50 miles northeast of Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 28th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure940 mb · tied 116th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy40.2 · 37th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone14.5 days · tied 48th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1933 season

04080120160200this storm

Storm 8 of 20 in 1933, hurricane 4 of 11; it formed after Storm 7 of 1933 and before Storm 9 of 1933. This storm ranks joint first by peak wind in the season. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Harlingen, Texas9 mi100 mphSeptember 5
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico10 mi75 mphSeptember 5
Brownsville, Texas12 mi105 mphSeptember 5
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico15 mi105 mphSeptember 5
Matanzas, Cuba15 mi115 mphSeptember 1
Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba16 mi115 mphSeptember 1
McAllen, Texas18 mi80 mphSeptember 5
Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, Cuba18 mi120 mphSeptember 1

Every storm within 50 miles of Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Similar landfalls in Texas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Texas came closest to this one's 125 mph:

  • Storm 2 of 1941125 mph, September 23, 1941
  • Harvey (2017)130 mph, August 26, 2017
  • Storm 6 of 1916130 mph, August 18, 1916
  • Storm 2 of 1915130 mph, August 17, 1915

All 95 storms with a landfall record in Texas

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 15 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: