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Hurricane Barry (1983)

Hurricane Barry was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 81 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 986 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 3 of the cities we track; the strongest was Brownsville, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 77 mph.

Peak strength81 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
3
LandfallsFirst August 25, 1983
2
Lowest pressure
986 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 Barry’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. August 25, 1983, tropical depression at 35 mph, 27.9°N, 80.6°W
  2. August 28, 1983, Category 1 at 81 mph, in Mexico

Modeled winds at cities (3)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Brownsville, TX77 mph63 mph41 milesAug 28, 1983, 12:55 PM CDT
McAllen, TX54 mph44 mph52 milesAug 28, 1983, 1:00 PM CDT
Edinburg, TX54 mph44 mph59 milesAug 28, 1983, 1:00 PM CDT

Best track (26 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 23, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1012 mb26.0°N, 76.0°W
Aug 24, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1011 mb26.8°N, 76.2°W
Aug 24, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1010 mb27.4°N, 76.3°W
Aug 24, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1011 mb28.1°N, 76.8°W
Aug 24, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1011 mb28.1°N, 77.6°W
Aug 25, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1011 mb28.1°N, 78.9°W
Aug 25, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1012 mb28.0°N, 79.8°W
Aug 25, 11:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical depression35 mph1013 mb27.9°N, 80.6°W
Aug 25, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1013 mb27.9°N, 80.8°W
Aug 25, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1014 mb27.5°N, 82.0°W
Aug 26, 00:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1013 mb27.0°N, 83.8°W
Aug 26, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1013 mb26.3°N, 85.0°W
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