Skip to content

NHC EP101967 · Eastern Pacific basin

Hurricane Katrina (1967)

August 30, 1967 – September 3, 1967

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Katrina peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 5 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Katrina in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Katrina from August 30, 1967 to September 3, 1967; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 5 US cities, in 2 states, most in Arizona (4). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 60 miles from Wellton, AZ; the centre came closest to San Luis, AZ, 39 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
5
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Katrina passed near, strongest first

Arizona (4)

California (1)

Other storms of the 1967 season

All hurricanes and tropical storms →

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.