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Hurricane Anita (1977)

Hurricane Anita was a Category 5 hurricane at its peak, with 173 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 926 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Brownsville, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 57 mph.

Peak strength173 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 5
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
926 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 Anita’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

Modeled winds at cities (1)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Brownsville, TX57 mph46 mph122 milesSep 1, 1977, 10:00 PM CDT

Best track (20 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 29, 12:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1012 mb26.9°N, 88.4°W
Aug 29, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb27.0°N, 88.9°W
Aug 30, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1009 mb26.9°N, 89.4°W
Aug 30, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1006 mb26.8°N, 89.8°W
Aug 30, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1003 mb26.7°N, 90.3°W
Aug 30, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph997 mb26.5°N, 90.6°W
Aug 31, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph991 mb26.4°N, 91.0°W
Aug 31, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph988 mb26.3°N, 91.4°W
Aug 31, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph986 mb26.2°N, 91.8°W
Aug 31, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane92 mph985 mb26.1°N, 92.3°W
Sep 1, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane92 mph979 mb25.9°N, 92.8°W
Sep 1, 06:00 UTCCategory 2 hurricane98 mph972 mb25.8°N, 93.7°W
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