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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Baton Rouge, LA

Hurricanes

8

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Baton Rouge. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 18141
2021Ida AugCategory 312722
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4654
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm4633
2012Isaac AugTropical storm6912
2011Lee SepTropical storm403
2008Gustav SepCategory 29841
2003Bill JunTropical storm5845
2001Allison JunTropical storm4043
1992Andrew AugCategory 210931
1988Florence SepTropical storm5231
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5218
1985Juan OctCategory 17543
1985Elena SepTropical storm6957
1979Bob JulTropical storm6348
1977Babe SepTropical storm698
1971Edith SepCategory 18122
1965Betsy SepCategory 210414
1964Hilda OctCategory 21048
1959Arlene MayTropical storm6314
1957Esther SepTropical storm6326
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5232
1955Brenda AugTropical storm5229
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5213

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s05
1960s20
1970s12
1980s13
1990s10
2000s12
2010s02
2020s22

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 Baton Rouge 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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