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Hurricane Beulah (1967)

Hurricane Beulah was a Category 5 hurricane at its peak, with 161 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 923 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 5 of the cities we track; the strongest was Brownsville, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 126 mph.

Peak strength161 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 5
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
5
LandfallsFirst September 7, 1967
4
Lowest pressure
923 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Beulah’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. September 7, 1967, tropical storm at 40 mph, in Saint Lucia
  2. September 17, 1967, Category 3 at 127 mph, in Mexico
  3. September 17, 1967, Category 3 at 127 mph, in Mexico
  4. September 20, 1967, Category 3 at 127 mph, in Mexico

Modeled winds at cities (5)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Brownsville, TX126 mph103 mph9 milesSep 20, 1967, 7:45 AM GMT-5
Edinburg, TX94 mph77 mph25 milesSep 20, 1967, 1:00 PM GMT-5
McAllen, TX89 mph73 mph34 milesSep 20, 1967, 1:00 PM GMT-5
Corpus Christi, TX58 mph47 mph78 milesSep 20, 1967, 7:00 PM GMT-5
Laredo, TX53 mph43 mph34 milesSep 21, 1967, 1:00 AM GMT-5

Best track (79 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 5, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph13.4°N, 57.0°W
Sep 5, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb13.4°N, 57.6°W
Sep 6, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph13.4°N, 58.2°W
Sep 6, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph13.4°N, 58.8°W
Sep 6, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph13.4°N, 59.4°W
Sep 6, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph13.4°N, 59.9°W
Sep 7, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1006 mb13.5°N, 60.2°W
Sep 7, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph13.6°N, 60.5°W
Sep 7, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1006 mb13.9°N, 60.8°W
Sep 7, 14:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm40 mph14.0°N, 60.9°W
Sep 7, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph14.3°N, 61.1°W
Sep 8, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph14.5°N, 61.5°W
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