Hurricanes near Amite City, LA

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Amite City. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2024	Francine Sep	Tropical storm	69	15
2021	Ida Aug	Category 3	121	18
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	35
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 2	104	52
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	10
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	53
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	14
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	109	55
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	24
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	39
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	41
1992	Andrew Aug	Tropical storm	52	59
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	58	11
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	26
1985	Elena Sep	Category 2	98	20
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	63	15
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	69	34
1969	Camille Aug	Category 4	144	53
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 2	98	55
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 1	81	10
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	46	42
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	11
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	5
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	58	6
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	37

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	5
1960s	3	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	2
1990s	0	1
2000s	1	3
2010s	0	2
2020s	2	3

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Amite City at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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