NHC AL011929 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1929
June 27, 1929 – June 30, 1929
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1929 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 152 US cities, 33 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1929 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1929 (AL011929) from June 27, 1929 to June 30, 1929; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 28 at 92 mph (Category 1), 20 miles from Seadrift, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 152 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (139). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 67 miles from Sweeny, TX; the centre came closest to Santa Teresa, NM, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 152
- At hurricane strength
- 33
- States
- 2
92 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1929 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (139)
- SweenyCategory 1 · 67 mi
- BrazoriaCategory 1 · 70 mi
- West ColumbiaCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Bay CityCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Van VleckCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PalaciosCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Port AransasCategory 1 · 52 mi
- SeadriftCategory 1 · 6 mi
- RockportCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Aransas PassCategory 1 · 50 mi
- InglesideCategory 1 · 54 mi
- BolingCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Corpus ChristiCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 1 · 8 mi
- GregoryCategory 1 · 55 mi
- PortlandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- WhartonCategory 1 · 66 mi
- El CampoCategory 1 · 53 mi
- TaftCategory 1 · 55 mi
- GanadoCategory 1 · 35 mi
- EdnaCategory 1 · 26 mi
- RefugioCategory 1 · 31 mi
- OdemCategory 1 · 64 mi
- InezCategory 1 · 15 mi
- SintonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- VictoriaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Eagle LakeCategory 1 · 71 mi
- HallettsvilleCategory 1 · 42 mi
- ColumbusCategory 1 · 71 mi
- GoliadCategory 1 · 15 mi
- YoakumCategory 1 · 28 mi
- SchulenburgCategory 1 · 60 mi
- WeimarCategory 1 · 65 mi
- CueroTropical storm · 14 mi
- ShinerTropical storm · 39 mi
- BeevilleTropical storm · 39 mi
- SkidmoreTropical storm · 50 mi
- MathisTropical storm · 62 mi
- YorktownTropical storm · 2 mi
- FlatoniaTropical storm · 58 mi
- SandiaTropical storm · 66 mi
- Karnes CityTropical storm · 13 mi
- KenedyTropical storm · 19 mi
- GonzalesTropical storm · 37 mi
- George WestTropical storm · 59 mi
- NixonTropical storm · 16 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 44 mi
- Three RiversTropical storm · 45 mi
- DaleTropical storm · 61 mi
- Red RockTropical storm · 65 mi
- StockdaleTropical storm · 7 mi
- Falls CityTropical storm · 12 mi
- KingsburyTropical storm · 38 mi
- LockhartTropical storm · 54 mi
- Del ValleTropical storm · 74 mi
- Cedar CreekTropical storm · 75 mi
- FloresvilleTropical storm · 3 mi
- AdkinsTropical storm · 7 mi
- La VerniaTropical storm · 11 mi
- Saint HedwigTropical storm · 14 mi
and 79 more
New Mexico (13)
- Sunland ParkTropical storm · 2 mi
- AnthonyTropical storm · 12 mi
- ChaparralTropical storm · 17 mi
- Santa TeresaTropical storm · overhead
- La MesaTropical storm · 16 mi
- VadoTropical storm · 17 mi
- MesquiteTropical storm · 18 mi
- Las CrucesTropical storm · 28 mi
- HatchTropical storm · 34 mi
- DemingTropical storm · 4 mi
- Truth Or ConsequencesTropical storm · 67 mi
- Silver CityTropical storm · 13 mi
- BayardTropical storm · 21 mi
Other storms of the 1929 season
- Unnamed (AL021929)Category 4 · 2,218 cities
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.