observations from ships first indicated the presence of a tropical storm to the southeast of the cayman islands on october 11. moving west-northwestward, the storm strengthened steadily, reaching winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) before making landfall near cancún, quintana roo, early on october 13. the system weakened slightly over land and while situated in the gulf of mexico just north of the yucatán peninsula, but began re-intensifying later that day. by 12:00 utc on october 14, the cyclone deepened into a category 1 hurricane and then a category 2 hurricane about 24 hours later. the hurricane made landfall on central padre island between corpus christi and port mansfield in texas late on october 16 with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h), estimated based on a storm surge of . a barometric pressure of was estimated using the pressure-wind relationship. the system quickly weakened to a tropical storm early on october 17, several hours before weakening to a tropical depression. the storm dissipated early on october 18.