HGX tropical climatology

[Ptarmigan]

I consider Houston/Galveston and Beaumont CWA to be the Upper Texas Coast. I notice the GOM right now has much more warmer water than in 2008, the year Edouard and Ike hit our area. Here are tropical cyclones that hit the Upper Texas Coast from 2000-09.

2000-None
2001-Allison
2002-Fay
2003-Claudette and Grace
2004-Ivan
2005-Rita
2006-None
2007-Erin and Humberto
2008-Edouard and Ike
2009-None

Statistics
2 Tropical Depressions (Ivan and Erin)
4 Tropical Storms (Allison, Fay, Grace, Edouard)
4 Hurricanes (Claudette, Rita, Humberto, and Ike)
1 Major Hurricane (Rita)

10 Year Average from 2000-09
Tropical Storm-Every 2.5 years
Hurricane-Every 2.5 years
Major Hurricane-Every 10 Years

[Ptarmigan]

IIRC, there were no official measurements on the Texas side of the Sabine of major hurricane sustained winds from Rita, and although I included Rita, as it did have a significant effect on the sensible weather in my neighborhood, and some light wind damage, and it had more significant affect in Southern Orange County, IIRC, the eye made landfall on the Lousiana side of the Sabine.


I guess I can see though splitting the LCH CWA and including the Texas counties.

But the overall result, as I suspected, was about a 50/50 shot at some tropical weather each year.


Now, climatology back through the beginning of the warm AMO/active period, ie 1995, and maybe a century worth of storms, that'd be interesting to see.

You are right. There were no +111 mph or +96 knots wind in Texas. It is supported by this map.
ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/hwind/2 ... tour02.png

Although it is certainly possible to see sustained major hurricane force winds in Texas from Rita. Likely off shore and I still consider that Texas.

I do still see Rita as a Upper Texas Coast hurricane either way because it did a lot of damage to East Texas.