page_title: List of Texas hurricanes (1950–1979)
section_title: 1975-1979
hierarchical_section_title: List of Texas hurricanes (1950–1979) / 1975-1979
context_page_description: From 1950 to 1979, at least 34 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas. According to David Roth of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
  During this period, the most active month for storms affecting Texas is September, with twelve total storms, while no recorded storms have affected Texas during the months of November through May. While the most intense storms in terms of barometric pressure are both Hurricane Carla in 1961 and Hurricane Beulah in 1967, Carla caused the most fatalities and damages, with $325 million in damages and 46 deaths. The first storm to impact the state during the period was Tropical Storm How in October 1950, with the latest being Tropical Depression Twenty in September 1979. In terms of wind speed, Hurricane Carla is the strongest storm to affect the state, producing maximum sustained winds equivalent to Category 4 status on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale.
  In the 1950s, five tropical cyclones made landfall on Texas as hurricanes.
context_section_description: August 31, 1975 – Hurricane Caroline of 1975 made landfall 100 miles (160 km) south of Brownsville, Texas.
  September 22, 1977 – Hurricane Anita of 1977 made medium rainfall throughout the eastern Texas coast.
  August 1, 1978 – Tropical Storm Amelia (1978), with flooding rains, led to the deaths of 30 people in Texas in late July 1978. Later that year, Tropical Storm Debra made landfall halfway between Lake Charles, Louisiana and Beaumont, Texas, causing minimal damage.
  July 24, 1979 – From July 24–27, 1979, Tropical Storm Claudette produced torrential rains in both Texas and Louisiana when it made landfall. The highest total was reported in Alvin, Texas where 54 inches (1,400 mm) of rain fell. This remains the twenty-four-hour rainfall record for any location in the United States.
  September 1, 1979 – Later in 1979, Tropical Storm Elena made landfall near Sargent, Texas as a weak tropical storm, rapidly deteriorating as it moved inland. It caused less than $10 million in damage but managed to kill two people in floods.
  September 20, 1979 – Again in 1979, Tropical Depression Twenty produced rainfall in Louisiana and Texas after hitting Brownsville.
caption: Satellite image of Tropical Storm Amelia
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