Hurricane Harvey struck in late August 2017, with its most significant U.S. landfall on August 25, 2017, along the Texas Gulf Coast near Rockport and the surrounding area.

Key timeline

  • Formed as a tropical storm in the Atlantic and Caribbean in mid‑August 2017.
  • Regained strength and became a hurricane on August 24, 2017, over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on the Texas coast on the night of August 25, 2017 (around 10 p.m. local time).!
  • Caused catastrophic flooding in the Houston area and other parts of Texas in the days following landfall, primarily from August 26–30, 2017.

Extra context

  • Harvey is remembered as one of the costliest U.S. hurricanes, with damage estimates around 160 billion dollars, mainly due to extreme rainfall and flooding in southeast Texas.
  • It was the first major (Category 3 or higher) hurricane to make U.S. landfall since Hurricane Wilma in 2005.

In short: when people ask “when was Hurricane Harvey,” they usually mean the Texas landfall and flooding period of late August 2017, centered on August 25–30, 2017.

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