NHC AL031999 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Bret (1999)
August 18, 1999 – August 25, 1999
Hurricane Bret peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 59 US cities, 42 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 59
- At hurricane strength
- 42
- States
- 1
144 mph
when closest
Cities Bret passed near, strongest first
Texas (59)
- South Padre IslandCategory 4 · 40 mi
- Port IsabelCategory 4 · 45 mi
- BrownsvilleCategory 4 · 60 mi
- Los FresnosCategory 3 · 49 mi
- OlmitoCategory 3 · 57 mi
- Rio HondoCategory 3 · 43 mi
- San BenitoCategory 3 · 55 mi
- Port AransasCategory 3 · 66 mi
- Aransas PassCategory 3 · 72 mi
- InglesideCategory 3 · 68 mi
- HarlingenCategory 2 · 51 mi
- GregoryCategory 2 · 70 mi
- LyfordCategory 2 · 38 mi
- PortlandCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Corpus ChristiCategory 2 · 55 mi
- La FeriaCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Santa RosaCategory 2 · 48 mi
- RaymondvilleCategory 2 · 32 mi
- MercedesCategory 2 · 56 mi
- La VillaCategory 2 · 47 mi
- ProgresoCategory 2 · 62 mi
- EdcouchCategory 2 · 45 mi
- ElsaCategory 2 · 49 mi
- DonnaCategory 1 · 58 mi
- AltonCategory 1 · 45 mi
- EdinburgCategory 1 · 48 mi
- WeslacoCategory 1 · 51 mi
- McallenCategory 1 · 57 mi
- PharrCategory 1 · 58 mi
- San JuanCategory 1 · 58 mi
- AlamoCategory 1 · 59 mi
- MissionCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PenitasCategory 1 · 62 mi
- La JoyaCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Sullivan CityCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HidalgoCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Rio Grande CityCategory 1 · 61 mi
- TaftCategory 1 · 72 mi
- KingsvilleCategory 1 · 27 mi
- FalfurriasCategory 1 · 1 mi
- BishopCategory 1 · 36 mi
- RobstownCategory 1 · 50 mi
- PremontTropical storm · 11 mi
- OdemTropical storm · 62 mi
- SintonTropical storm · 71 mi
- AliceTropical storm · 32 mi
- RomaTropical storm · 71 mi
- SkidmoreTropical storm · 74 mi
- MathisTropical storm · 62 mi
- SandiaTropical storm · 56 mi
- Orange GroveTropical storm · 46 mi
- HebbronvilleTropical storm · 22 mi
- San DiegoTropical storm · 19 mi
- George WestTropical storm · 60 mi
- ZapataTropical storm · 54 mi
- FreerTropical storm · 27 mi
- LaredoTropical storm · 42 mi
- CotullaTropical storm · 63 mi
- Three RiversTropical storm · 72 mi
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.