Usually, October does not see tropical landfall due to cold fronts. However, major hurricanes have made landfall on the Texas Coast. It is very rare.
October 12, 1886 Hurricane #10
October 4, 1949 Hurricane #10
Overall Probability For Major Hurricane To Make Landfall In October
Every 70 years
1886 saw two major hurricane making landfall, Indianola and #10, which is a rarity. Major hurricanes make landfall every 10 years on average. So, two major hurricanes making landfall should happen every 100 years on average.
Both occurred in La Nina, based on Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI).
MEI datasets.
1950 to Present
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/table.html
1871 to 2005
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei.e ... e.ext.html
Texas Hurricane History
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/txhur.pdf
