NHC AL071975 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Caroline (1975)
August 24, 1975 – September 2, 1975
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Caroline peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 19 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Caroline in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Caroline from August 24, 1975 to September 2, 1975; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 19 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 55 miles from La Joya, TX; the centre came closest to Hidalgo, TX, 52 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 19
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
115 mph
when closest
Cities Caroline passed near, strongest first
Texas (19)
- La JoyaTropical storm · 55 mi
- Sullivan CityTropical storm · 55 mi
- PenitasTropical storm · 56 mi
- MissionTropical storm · 59 mi
- McallenTropical storm · 61 mi
- Rio Grande CityTropical storm · 66 mi
- RomaTropical storm · 70 mi
- EdinburgTropical storm · 71 mi
- AltonTropical storm · 72 mi
- ProgresoTropical storm · 65 mi
- La FeriaTropical storm · 75 mi
- MercedesTropical storm · 71 mi
- DonnaTropical storm · 64 mi
- HidalgoTropical storm · 52 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 60 mi
- AlamoTropical storm · 61 mi
- ElsaTropical storm · 72 mi
- PharrTropical storm · 59 mi
- WeslacoTropical storm · 66 mi
Other storms of the 1975 season
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.