No active hurricanes threatening Port Arthur right now

Could the next one hit soon? 133 hurricanes have impacted the Port Arthur area since 1851 — set up free alerts so you'll have time to prepare when one's on the way.

133
Hurricanes affecting Port Arthur area
2024
Most recent
155 kt
Strongest peak winds
2 mi
Closest approach
Local note: Port Arthur's low-lying coastline on Sabine Lake and proximity to the Gulf make storm surge and catastrophic flooding the dominant threats — recent powerful impacts from Hurricane Laura (2020) and repeated Gulf strikes underscore its history of major surge and wind damage.

Coverage on this page applies broadly to the Port Arthur area — including Groves, Port Neches, Nederland, Sabine Pass, Bridge City, Orangefield, Beaumont, Vidor. Tropical storms rarely respect city limits.

When do hurricanes typically threaten the Port Arthur area?

Distribution of 133 hurricanes that have come within 150 mi of Port Arthur, by month of closest approach.

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1 M
18 J
20 J
32 A
49 S
13 O
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Recent notable storms affecting the Port Arthur area

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach
2024 BERYL Cat 5 145 kt 113 mi
2024 FRANCINE Cat 2 90 kt 143 mi
2021 NICHOLAS Cat 1 65 kt 24 mi
2021 IDA Cat 4 130 kt 195 mi
2020 LAURA Cat 4 130 kt 40 mi
2020 DELTA Cat 4 120 kt 52 mi
2020 MARCO Cat 1 65 kt 114 mi
2020 HANNA Cat 1 80 kt 186 mi
2019 BARRY Cat 1 65 kt 78 mi
2017 HARVEY Cat 4 115 kt 28 mi
2012 ISAAC Cat 1 70 kt 155 mi
2008 IKE Cat 4 125 kt 60 mi
2008 GUSTAV Cat 4 135 kt 114 mi
2007 HUMBERTO Cat 1 80 kt 28 mi
Hurricane-strength storms (Cat 1+) since 2007 that came within 200 miles of Port Arthur. Includes storms whose center stayed offshore or hit nearby cities — wind, surge, and rainfall impacts extend far beyond the storm's path.

All-time closest approaches to Port Arthur

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach Date of Closest
1886 UNNAMED Cat 2 85 kt 2 mi Jun 14, 1886
2000 UNNAMED TD 30 kt 4 mi Sep 09, 2000
1971 UNNAMED TD 25 kt 6 mi Jul 08, 1971
1882 UNNAMED TS 50 kt 10 mi Sep 15, 1882
1897 UNNAMED Cat 1 75 kt 10 mi Sep 13, 1897
1982 CHRIS TS 55 kt 11 mi Sep 11, 1982
1957 BERTHA TS 55 kt 13 mi Aug 10, 1957
1940 UNNAMED Cat 2 85 kt 15 mi Aug 07, 1940
1940 UNNAMED TS 45 kt 16 mi Sep 24, 1940
1946 UNNAMED TS 35 kt 16 mi Jun 16, 1946
Showing the 10 closest of 133 total storms within 150 mi of Port Arthur since 1851.

If a hurricane threatens Port Arthur

  1. Know your evacuation zone. Look up yours by address via your state or county emergency management office (Jefferson County and surrounding areas).
  2. Set up alerts ahead of time. During an active storm, watches and warnings change every six hours. Email or text alerts from TropicalInfo give you the official NHC update the moment it's posted, with a plain-language summary.
  3. Prep your supplies before the storm is named. Stores empty out within hours of a watch. The 72-hour rule: water, food, batteries, fuel, medications, important documents. Our alerts can notify you of a storm long before it makes the news — giving you more time to get what you need before the panic-buying starts.
  4. Follow the cone, not the line. The forecast track is a best estimate — the cone shows where the center is likely to go. Impacts extend hundreds of miles from the center.

Set up free location-based alerts for Port Arthur

Historical data: NOAA HURDAT2 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific hurricane databases. Closest-approach calculated using great-circle distance between Port Arthur (29.8826°N, 93.9626°W) and each 6-hourly observation. Storms are included if their center passed within 150 mi of Port Arthur — impacts (wind, surge, rainfall) routinely extend much further.