Hurricanes near Bunkie, LA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bunkie. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Carmen in 1974, with winds near 92 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
2020	Delta Oct	Category 1	81	15
2019	Barry Jul	Tropical storm	63	51
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	40	33
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	26
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	51
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	86	17
2007	Humberto Sep	Tropical storm	52	36
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	75	7
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 1	86	35
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	48
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	75	13
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 1	92	48
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	16
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	47
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 1	81	23
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	46	57
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	37

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	2
1960s	1	0
1970s	2	1
1980s	1	1
1990s	1	0
2000s	2	1
2010s	0	4
2020s	1	0

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 Bunkie 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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