how long has it been since a hurricane hit corpus christi
Hurricane Bret (1999)
title: Corpus Christi, Texas text: 1888 with and 1991 with , although from August 1967 to July 1968, fell, and for the 12 months ending January 1918, only . Hurricanes rarely hit the city, and have been destructive, such as the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane and Hurricane Harvey in 2017. At the 2010 Census, 305,215 people resided in Corpus Christi, a 10.0% increase since 2000. In 2012, Corpus Christi was ranked as the second-least literate city in the U.S. in a study by Central Connecticut State University. According to the 2010 Census, 80.9% of Corpus Christi's population was White; 4.3% was African American; 1.8% Asian; title: Corpus Christi, Texas text: record is July 2, 2007, with , while the wettest month on record is September 1967, with , including four days with over . Eight months with not even a trace of rainfall have happened, of which the most recent was May 1998, and 21 with merely a trace. The longest spell without measurable rainfall in Corpus Christi has been 55 days from June 23 to August 17 (inclusive) of 1895, and from June 1 to July 25 of 1915, while easily the driest calendar year has been 1917, with a mere . The two wettest calendar years have been title: Corpus Christi, Texas text: the city experienced snowfall on Christmas Eve, the city’s largest recorded snowstorm at . The snow melted the day after Christmas. Because of the uniqueness of the event, three separate books document the event, "Snow", "More Snow", and "More Snow for Kids", all with the theme of the South Texas Christmas miracle. The city experienced light snowfall a second time, on December 8, 2017, nearly 13 years later. Between 1981 and 2010, Corpus Christi averaged of rainfall; however, long periods with very little rainfall are normal, and hurricanes can frequently produce daily falls of over . The wettest day on title: Corpus Christi, Texas text: temperature is , on September 5, 2000, and the hottest month August 2012 with an average of . Average night-time winter lows in January, the coldest month, are a little less than and its record low is on February 12, 1899, and the coldest maximum on five occasions, the most recent being on January 30, 1951. Winter and early spring are generally dry, and average monthly precipitation is highest in September, when the threat from hurricanes and other tropical weather systems is greatest. The coolest month on record has been February 1905, with a mean of . In December 2004, title: 1933 Atlantic hurricane season text: the strong winds destroyed houses and left areas without power. Damage was estimated at $11 million. After exiting from Cuba, the hurricane entered the Gulf of Mexico and restrengthened. On September 2, it re-attained winds of . Initially the hurricane posed a threat to the area around Corpus Christi, Texas, and the local United States Weather Bureau forecaster advised people to stay away from the Texas coastline during the busy Labor Day Weekend. Officials declared martial law in the city and mandated evacuations. However, the hurricane turned more to the west and struck near Brownsville early on September 5 with