NHC AL041989 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Chantal (1989)
July 30, 1989 – August 3, 1989
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Chantal peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 153 US cities, 21 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Chantal in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Chantal from July 30, 1989 to August 3, 1989; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 1 at 81 mph (Category 1), 15 miles from Winnie, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 153 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (151). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 35 miles from Port Arthur, TX; the centre came closest to New Caney, TX, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 153
- At hurricane strength
- 21
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Chantal passed near, strongest first
Texas (151)
- Port ArthurCategory 1 · 35 mi
- NederlandCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Port NechesCategory 1 · 37 mi
- GrovesCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 1 · 45 mi
- OrangeCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 1 · 20 mi
- GalvestonCategory 1 · 34 mi
- VidorCategory 1 · 44 mi
- WinnieCategory 1 · 12 mi
- BeaumontCategory 1 · 34 mi
- AnahuacCategory 1 · 6 mi
- Texas CityCategory 1 · 32 mi
- La MarqueCategory 1 · 35 mi
- HitchcockCategory 1 · 37 mi
- FreeportCategory 1 · 70 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 41 mi
- BunaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- CluteCategory 1 · 69 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 28 mi
- DickinsonTropical storm · 31 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 39 mi
- Lake JacksonTropical storm · 70 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 28 mi
- Sour LakeTropical storm · 28 mi
- SilsbeeTropical storm · 50 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 56 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 26 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 32 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 43 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 64 mi
- KirbyvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- BaytownTropical storm · 13 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 22 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 32 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 36 mi
- KountzeTropical storm · 43 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 10 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 14 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 24 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 27 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 39 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 43 mi
- West ColumbiaTropical storm · 73 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · 4 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 19 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 29 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 50 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 10 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 26 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · 45 mi
- WarrenTropical storm · 52 mi
- HuffmanTropical storm · 4 mi
- Missouri CityTropical storm · 46 mi
- HumbleTropical storm · 12 mi
- BellaireTropical storm · 36 mi
- StaffordTropical storm · 45 mi
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- KingwoodTropical storm · 7 mi
- ClevelandTropical storm · 14 mi
and 91 more
Other storms of the 1989 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.